From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 11 17:11:10 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A74D916A4CE for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:11:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp11.wanadoo.fr (smtp11.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B92143D1D for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:11:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1104.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 8B73B1C000B3 for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:11:08 +0100 (CET) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf1104.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 553F11C000A8 for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:11:08 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050211171108349.553F11C000A8@mwinf1104.wanadoo.fr Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 18:11:07 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <1433532968.20050211181107@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20050211142604.GA1404@keyslapper.net> References: <1023983922.20050211095209@wanadoo.fr> <20050211142604.GA1404@keyslapper.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Please don't change Beastie to another crap logo such as NetBSD!!! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 17:11:10 -0000 Louis LeBlanc writes: > They why would they care *what* the logo is? They wouldn't; but the logo has an effect on the people who write the checks, and it serves a useful purpose as a unifying identifier. The people who write the checks don't care about "skins," though, since they'll never actually use the OS. > Those of us that use FreeBSD every day on our desktops for 99.999% of > everything we do on a computer of any kind would be more likely to > have an opinion. Some of us are so busy using FreeBSD for productive work that we don't have time to play with "skins." In the server configurations for which FreeBSD is best suited, it really doesn't need any kind of GUI at all, and is more efficient without one. > Which should also be obvious by the length of this and at least one > other thread on the subject here on questions alone. I haven't even > checked on advocacy. Most of the people here are behaving like teenage boys. Which means they are _not_ behaving anything like IT professionals or business decision makers. > Regardless, I never had a problem with Beastie. I like him. He is > the only mascot/logo/whatever associated with an OS (other than the > window) that is actually relevant. It's cute, but it has never had any effect on my attitude towards FreeBSD. The only thing that influences me is the software (and, to a lesser extent, the attitudes of the people who produce it). -- Anthony