Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 23:18:05 -0500 (CDT) From: John Kenagy <jktheowl@bga.com> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>, "Kenneth P. Stox" <ken@stox.sa.enteract.com>, Chris Swinford <cdswin0@pop.uky.edu>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Slogan Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980503223055.15513A-100000@barnowl> In-Reply-To: <28538.894199825@time.cdrom.com>
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Ouch! I just sprained my brains! A conversation, world wide, with jokes in LATIN! ;-) Seriously, (really) the slogan, handle, or whatever should remain: Powerd by FreeBSD It is a simple clean statement. It also has the advantage of eliciting questions, pulling the reader in, rather than making a statement that chalenges. I don't think throwing a gauntlet down is what you want to do. Having someone ask you, "What is powered?" "How powerful is it?" is a good first step. Someone has posted something about this on bumper stickers (sorry but I don't remember who), and I would put one on _my_ car. I think it would cause people to ask me what it means. "Powered by FreeBSD" rather reminds me of the days when I had money, oh so long ago, and a big sports fishing boat "powered by Cummins", twin turbocharged diesels. Everyone would go "Oooooh". Even though my ego is paying karmic bills, I think the "Oooooh" part is what we are after and "Powered by FreeBSD" says it. Comments? John On Sun, 3 May 1998, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > I take that last message back. It's either "coii" or "coivi". > > The irony, of course, is that more people probably got the > joke with incorrect latin as would have gotten it without. :) > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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