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Date:      Fri, 4 Apr 1997 20:49:43 +0300 (EEST)
From:      Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee>
To:        Pedro Giffuni <pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: BSD's Mascot
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.970404204812.11645C-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee>
In-Reply-To: <33454584.39D4@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co>

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On Fri, 4 Apr 1997, Pedro Giffuni wrote:

> Howdy,
> I read some time ago that the "deamons" used by BSD were not so devilish
> after all. The term deamon , in it's latin roots, refers to a higher
> power, good or bad. In UNIX it is recognized that there are good and bad
> deamons.

Well, they are actually spelled daemons :-) Or so some are telling :-)

	Sander

[snip - Poor Bill and his evil software]

> 
> --Pedro
> 




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