From owner-freebsd-advocacy Sun Jan 10 01:52:02 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA25366 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 01:52:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from orcrist.mediacity.com (orcrist.mediacity.com [208.138.36.146]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA25361 for ; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 01:52:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gsutter@orcrist.mediacity.com) Received: (from gsutter@localhost) by orcrist.mediacity.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA18285; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 01:51:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gsutter) Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 01:51:24 -0800 From: Gregory Sutter To: -kevin- Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" , advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: State of the union, 1999. Message-ID: <19990110015124.H10346@orcrist.mediacity.com> References: <49859.915950870.1@zippy.cdrom.com> <3.0.5.32.19990110013242.0094db10@mail.frmt1.sfba.home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95i In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990110013242.0094db10@mail.frmt1.sfba.home.com>; from -kevin- on Sun, Jan 10, 1999 at 01:32:42AM -0800 Organization: Zer0 Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Jan 10, 1999 at 01:32:42AM -0800, -kevin- wrote: > > At 10:47 PM 1/9/99 -0800, jkh wrote: > >What can we do to change this in 1999? Well, I've also heard our > >advocate corps calling for logistical support ("Backup! We need some > >*backup* here!!") and I've listened to them, part of my project for > > I know this may sound trite but any time I introduce someone to FreeBSD > they inevitably ask, "What's the deal with the demon?" > So my suggestion is that we change our mascot to something more benign. Kevin, It's not really a devil; a daemon is entirely different. The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary contains: Demon Also dæmon. ME [In form, and in sense I, a. L. dæmon (med. L. demon)...] 1. Gr. Myth. A being of a nature intermediate between that of gods and men; an inferior divinity, spirit (including the souls of deceased persons). Often written dæmon for distinction. 1569. Take a look at for the whole story, courtesy of Greg Lehey. Greg -- Gregory S. Sutter Cole's Law: Thinly sliced cabbage. mailto:gsutter@pobox.com http://www.pobox.com/~gsutter/ PGP DSS public key 0x40AE3052 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message