From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Nov 4 7:49:43 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3278E37B401 for ; Mon, 4 Nov 2002 07:49:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from pogo.caustic.org (caustic.org [64.163.147.186]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1C9843E4A for ; Mon, 4 Nov 2002 07:49:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jan@caustic.org) Received: from localhost (jan@localhost) by pogo.caustic.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id gA4FnRR13722; Mon, 4 Nov 2002 07:49:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jan@caustic.org) Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 07:49:27 -0800 (PST) From: "f.johan.beisser" To: Lefteris Tsintjelis Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why Use a Daemon as a Symbol since it alienates many? In-Reply-To: <3DC68F57.97E736EF@ene.asda.gr> Message-ID: <20021104073910.P30424-100000@pogo.caustic.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Lefteris Tsintjelis wrote: > Maybe they should, maybe they should not use some therapist. The > point is that this is the majority of them and yes maybe Windblows is > the real evil thing, still, the fact _IS_ that it is used to more than > 90% of the PCs worldwide. FreeBSD, or even the most other well known OS, > linux, _ARE NOT_. According to you and me they may need therapy, BUT > that is the majority of them and according to them we maybe the ones > that we could use some therapy. i don't think most computer using christians will be offended by the BSD mascot. if they are, i'm sure they'd have problems with computers anyway. > We are the minority afterall so I guess we should consult some > therapist, right? Do you see the point I am trying to make here? i'm not sure what point you're trying to make, other than the same one a few others have made: Beastie offends people, so change it. you're not the first to say this, you won't be the last. and, guess what? we still have our Beastie as a mascot. > People believe and use different things. After all its a free world and > they are in title to do so. The problem here is that most of their > responses to the previous question, since they never even heard of Unix > or alike systems, will be that "this OS since it has a sign that looks > like the devil and therefor is evil", and I think that this should be > taken into very serious consideration if FreeBSD would like to increase > its popularity even more, I am sure Lixux has. i think you confuse the mascot for the functionality. if someone chooses linux, they've chosen either because of hearing about it, having a friend tell them about it, or because someone suggested installing it. mascots are just that, mascots. chill out, have a beer. the easily offended should stop being reactionary, and relax a little. there are worse things out there than beastie. -------/ f. johan beisser /--------------------------------------+ http://caustic.org/~jan jan@caustic.org "Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends." -- Tom Waits To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message