Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 01:45:57 -0700 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "prad" <prad@towardsfreedom.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Looking for gurus willing to help write Freebsd tutorials Message-ID: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCMELHCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <20080603090611.09512ba3@gom.home>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of prad > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 9:06 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Looking for gurus willing to help write Freebsd tutorials > > > On Tue, 3 Jun 2008 01:03:40 -0700 > "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> wrote: > > > (aside from the arrogant setting aside > > of 20 some years of BSD Unix history) > > > i don't really understand the reason for the changing beastie - who is > easily the cutest of any os (even better than the excellent puffy of > openbsd)! > > we link to freebsd with beastie and there are certainly > several beasties on http://www.freebsd.org/art.html, but none on > http://www.freebsd.org/logo.html suggesting that the logo is the logo, > but beastie is not? > > i always thought the daemon was inextricably linked with the bsds - i > think it appeared even on the older versions of netbsd and openbsd. > The issue started several years ago when one of the core developers started agitating for a different graphic. Apparently he had been asked too many times for his taste if the FreeBSD project had something to do with devil worship. A long drawn out argument ensued but core being core got their way. Core then started claiming Beastie wasn't a logo, he was a mascot and that it why we needed a logo (despite the fact that Beastie has been used as a logo for years) As a peace offering they tried the contest idea. The submissions were so crappy they extended the contest deadline. Finally they got a submission that they decided was OK and that "won" the contest. The FreeBSD community was not allowed to see the other entrants. It was your basic star chamber decision. Ted
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