Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:52:43 +0200 From: Heidi Wyss <heidi.wyss@nordultra.com> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-advocacy Digest, Vol 249, Issue 4 Message-ID: <489C5DBB.5000104@nordultra.com> In-Reply-To: <20080808120011.DA38310656BF@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20080808120011.DA38310656BF@hub.freebsd.org>
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There's a thoroughly sourced article about Beastie's history on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_Daemon freebsd-advocacy-request@freebsd.org wrote: > Send freebsd-advocacy mailing list submissions to > freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > freebsd-advocacy-request@freebsd.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > freebsd-advocacy-owner@freebsd.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of freebsd-advocacy digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Fwd: Beastie up for "Who's The Next Open Source Idol?" > (Chad Perrin) > 2. FreeBSD in new app from Google. (TooMany Secrets) > 3. RE: FreeBSD in new app from Google. (Rudi Kramer - MWEB) > 4. RE: FreeBSD in new app from Google. (Rudi Kramer - MWEB) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 12:08:34 -0600 > From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> > Subject: Re: Fwd: Beastie up for "Who's The Next Open Source Idol?" > To: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.org > Message-ID: <20080807180834.GB26439@kokopelli.hydra> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 08:49:30AM +1000, Edwin Groothuis wrote: >> Forwarded from -www: >> >> -------------------------- 8< ---------------------------------- >> From Jenna Boller <Jenna@pageonepr.com> >> Date 6 Aug 2008 20:39:05 >> Subject Beastie up for "Who's The Next Open Source Idol?" >> Message-ID B9343891-1FD7-49D1-9BFF-B5A558EDE27C@pageonepr.com >> >> Hi There, >> >> Not sure if you've seen the contest, yet, but GroundWork Open Source >> is running a competition at LinuxWorld this week, "Who's The Next >> Open Source Idol?" >> >> "Tux," the reigning champion has been close to the hearts of open >> source developers for over a decade, but Firefox is currently in the >> lead. BSD's "Beastie" and the Gnu (G-N-U) are also vying for the >> title of "Open Source Idol." >> >> We've been taking votes online and at LinuxWorld and also asking >> people to audition on site for their favorite OSS icon: http:// >> www.youtube.com/groundworklwe >> >> Feel free to ask your fans to keep voting for Beastie - it might >> become the next open source idol! People can vote here: http:// >> www.groundworkopensource.com/community/lwce08.html >> >> The contest ends tomorrow at 11:59 PM PDT and the winner will be >> announced next Tuesday morning. > > Hmm . . . they misspelled "daemon". >
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