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On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 03:36:11PM -0400, Jeff Walters wrote:

> I agree that usage of FreeBSD is most likely not going to harm your soul, but 
> regardless of the origins of the misperceptions, it's clearly doesn't add to  
> positive PR of FreeBSD.  Definition 1(a) of "demon" in Merriam-Webster is "an 
> evil spirit".  (See www.m-w.com)  Definition 2 is the FreeBSD definition, "an 
> attendant power or spirit".

Webster's says different though:

>From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Demon \De"mon\, n. [F. d['e]mon, L. daemon a spirit, an evil
     spirit, fr. Gr. ? a divinity; of uncertain origin.]
     1. (Gr. Antiq.) A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a
        middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology.
  
              The demon kind is of an intermediate nature between
              the divine and the human.             --Sydenham.
  
     2. One's genius; a tutelary spirit or internal voice; as, the
        demon of Socrates. [Often written {d[ae]mon}.]
  
     3. An evil spirit; a devil.
  
              That same demon that hath gulled thee thus. --Shak


Ceri
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