Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 12:08:36 -0700 From: Cassiel <cassiel@kizmiaz.dis.org> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Oz-ISP] FreeBSD and the forces of darkness. Real religious wars! (fwd) Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.1.20000626114811.034db620@mail.dis.org> In-Reply-To: <39551AE8.AF6E7D6A@gorean.org> References: <20000615000214.C79055@atdot.dotat.org>
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At 01:32 PM 6/24/00 -0700, Doug Barton wrote:
> Moved to -chat.
>
>Mark Newton wrote:
>
> > > "I've just had a converstaion with xxxx xxxx (our Principal) about some
> > > of the changes. We've had to deal with some of the philosphical issues
> > > related to BSD. As you know BSD uses a 'devil' icon to portray the BSD
> > > symbol. Given we are a Christian school this is a significant
> concern for
> > > us. Even after reviewing the sites blurb about the origin of the symbol,
> > > we've come to the conclusion that it would not be appropriate for us to
> > > use the software."
> > >
> > > Can you believe it?!
>
> As silly as this sounds to you and I, the "mascot" will be a
> barrier to
>*BSD*'s adoption in many parts of the world. We don't have to like that
>fact, but we do have to deal with it.
>
>Doug
Well, this Is actually easy to deal with . . . . For those so inclined
there is always;
http://www.geocities.com/ResearchTriangle/Node/4081
and
http://www.dynamsol.com/satanix/
or
http://www.compsoc.man.ac.uk/~isoma/spare/satanix.html
Cassiel
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