From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 3 14:11:50 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 C809816A41C for ; Sun, 3 Jul 2005 14:11:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wizlayer@gmail.com) Received: from engraver.valleygate.net (12-215-216-27.client.mchsi.com [12.215.216.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AC3043D46 for ; Sun, 3 Jul 2005 14:11:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wizlayer@gmail.com) Received: from wizard.valleygate.net (wizard.valleygate.net [10.51.10.3]) by engraver.valleygate.net (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j63EBjRf012488; Sun, 3 Jul 2005 10:11:45 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from wizlayer@gmail.com) From: wizlayer To: sparxz@excite.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2005 10:11:42 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <20050702233548.0116B3CDB@xprdmailfe4.nwk.excite.com> In-Reply-To: <20050702233548.0116B3CDB@xprdmailfe4.nwk.excite.com> X-Face: "e_)EG1Ia?&ecqhxa3_`G|cr35_87a'T"AlQ5IdTBhZiRj}wk9EdPBnW,=?iso-8859-1?q?oSeBhvgAPmZZU=24=0A?= W'Edks*9`,UQ3y\zk%deq; (N8p5>>Pdje|W%i2b7_C{KOi"JBmNTeItUGg\FX9`b#U4P X-Copyright: Copyright 2005, Michael Hauber, All rights reserved. X-Notice: Duplication, modification, and/or redistribution are prohibited without proper consent from the author. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200507031011.44005.wizlayer@gmail.com> Cc: Subject: Re: Linux move to FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: wizlayer@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 14:11:50 -0000 On Saturday 02 July 2005 07:35 pm, sparxz@excite.com wrote: > Hi > > I am a user of SUSE Linux, and I was thinking of > trying out BSD. After reading as much information > as I could about the three variants of BSD vs. > Linux. On technical merit, I was very impressed. > > FreeBSD looks like a good stating place for me, > but one think about FreeBSD makes me uncomfortable > is the symbol/emblem that the OS uses. That is a "devil" ! > > I would like to know if possible how this came about, > and what thinking was behind it. From experience, I consider > symbols to be very significant, Historically, psychologically > and even spiritually. > > Best regards > > Mark > > PS. Please can u e-mail me on this e-mail sparxz@excite.com > when an answer becomes available. > > Oh, boy.... Here we go again... No, not the Devil... A daemon. No, not a demon. A Daemon, an invisible being not necessarily good and not necessarily evil, but has the potential of both... In that sense, it is no more evil or good as you or I... Only the potential is there. And naturally, because FreeBSD is such a powerful system, if you use it for evil (which we are all capable of), it would be on us, not the daemon... Heck, not even the "Devil" because the "Devil didn't make you do it..." _You_ did it! :) This is getting old. Maybe FreeBSD should turn membership-only (j/k but thinking of the gasps and grumbles of discontent). Or maybe there should be a required visit at freebsd.com to the following link which explains it all: http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/daemon.html So "unlearned" people will quit asking the same questions over and over on the quetsions list: Hope that "clears your conscience..." :D WizLayer