From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 9 21:49:52 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C37D16A4CE; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 21:49:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from priv-edtnes56.telusplanet.net (outbound01.telus.net [199.185.220.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8E1143D1F; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 21:49:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pfak@telus.net) Received: from [192.168.1.150] (really [64.180.28.217]) by priv-edtnes56.telusplanet.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.00 201-2131-118-20041027) with ESMTP <20050209214951.FGFW24400.priv-edtnes56.telusplanet.net@[192.168.1.150]>; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 14:49:51 -0700 Message-ID: <420A8581.3040605@telus.net> Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 13:49:53 -0800 From: Peter Kieser User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alexandr Kovalenko References: <200502091349.00708.algould@datawok.com> <20050209214206.GA21616@nevermind.kiev.ua> In-Reply-To: <20050209214206.GA21616@nevermind.kiev.ua> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org cc: Robert Watson Subject: Re: Logo Contest X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 21:49:52 -0000 When the Project decides that political correctness is more important than a tradition dating back over 20 years, something is wrong. Personally I really don't care if a user selects another OS based on the fact that we have a devil as our mascot. They are better off on another OS anyways, because they're likely to cause problems -- because people with that kind of attitude are likely to bring up other "issues" with our "product". --Peter Alexandr Kovalenko wrote: >Hello, Robert Watson! > >On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 09:13:39PM +0000, you wrote: > > > >>>I'd like to voice my support for the logo competition. >>> >>>I was particularly pleased to read a comment on Daemon News that Beastie >>>would remain the mascot and that the logo and mascot are being >>>separated. I am hopeful that this comment was accurate. >>> >>>...now, if I could only draw...... >>> >>> >>The comment is accurate. We'd like to get a logo we can provide to >>companies that are willing to stick it on their products as "supporting >>FreeBSD" -- while we all love the Daemon, we know that not every company >>can stick it on their Ethernet card box or server support web page. The >>intent is to keep Beastie as the Mascot, and you'll still see him all over >>the place. I can't imagine that FreeBSD t-shirts will stop holding him, >>let alone the large number of web pages, CDROM distributions, and so on. >>And don't forget the stuffed animal Beasties :-). >> >> > >But I've already seen some products which represented Beastie as >"Designed for FreeBSD" (actually they mean "Designed to be supported by >FreeBSD" :). > >Heh, anyway, political correctness is a$$pain for me... > > > >>For entertainment value, I should scan in the anonymous letter I received >>from someone in Kansas a few years ago. It compared the Beastie to using >>Osama Bin Laden as the FreeBSD logo, and was CC'd to my company and >>research sponsors. It's a classic :-). Of course, it wasn't appreciated >>at work because this was a bit after the anthrax scare, and anonymous >>mailed envelopes weren't real popular. >> >> > >:)) > > >