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Subject: Re: doubts about the freebsd devil
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On Wednesday 05 September 2007 04:10:50 Erich Dollansky wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> > Them's fighting words - don't you realize an entire subgroup of the
> > FreeBSD developers spent untold amounts of time and effort setting up
> > a rigged contest to attempt to convince the userbase that there was
> > such a difference, in order to replace the logo with a round red sex
> > toy?
>
> oh no.
>
> I always thought this glow in the eyes of women when mentioning FreeBSD
> came from the operating system's performance.
>

I think I must reconsider my position and admit there is a substantial 
difference between a logo and a mascot.