Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2005 14:03:11 -0400 From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> To: tvz1@telkomsa.net Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Linux move to FreeBSD Message-ID: <42C979DF.7040302@chuckr.org> In-Reply-To: <30050.165.165.200.79.1120405400.squirrel@webmail.telkomsa.net> References: <30050.165.165.200.79.1120405400.squirrel@webmail.telkomsa.net>
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TvZ wrote: >>>Hi >>> >>>I am a user of SUSE Linux, and I was thinking of >>>trying out BSD. After reading as much information >>>as I could about the three variants of BSD vs. >>>Linux. On technical merit, I was very impressed. >>> >>>FreeBSD looks like a good stating place for me, >>>but one think about FreeBSD makes me uncomfortable >>>is the symbol/emblem that the OS uses. That is a "devil" ! >>> >>>I would like to know if possible how this came about, >>>and what thinking was behind it. From experience, I consider >>>symbols to be very significant, Historically, psychologically >>>and even spiritually. >>> >>>Best regards >>> >>>Mark >>> >>>PS. Please can u e-mail me on this e-mail sparxz@excite.com >>>when an answer becomes available. > > > As I stated earlier...I'm rather new to BSD...but one of the reasons I > changed fromn Linux -> bsd was merly the fact that I thought the penguin was > more evil than Beasty. Then again...that is just me. ;) I cannot really believe that the above response, with it's obvious self-inconsistencies, was done seriously. On the off chance that perhaps it was, ask yourself, would you really WANT a person who believes that a Penguin logo in and of itself constitutes a good reason to switch, along with us in FreeBSD? I would be embarrassed to admit that such a person is an associate of mine, wouldn't you?. > Tertius van Zyl > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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