From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Jun 24 13:32:59 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from dt051n0b.san.rr.com (dt051n0b.san.rr.com [204.210.32.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7346D37B5C2 for ; Sat, 24 Jun 2000 13:32:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DougB@gorean.org) Received: from gorean.org (doug@master [10.0.0.2]) by dt051n0b.san.rr.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA29100; Sat, 24 Jun 2000 13:32:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from DougB@gorean.org) Message-ID: <39551AE8.AF6E7D6A@gorean.org> Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 13:32:40 -0700 From: Doug Barton Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT-0603 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark Newton Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [Oz-ISP] FreeBSD and the forces of darkness. Real religious wars! (fwd) References: <20000615000214.C79055@atdot.dotat.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Moved to -chat. Mark Newton wrote: > > "I've just had a converstaion with xxxx xxxx (our Principal) about some > > of the changes. We've had to deal with some of the philosphical issues > > related to BSD. As you know BSD uses a 'devil' icon to portray the BSD > > symbol. Given we are a Christian school this is a significant concern for > > us. Even after reviewing the sites blurb about the origin of the symbol, > > we've come to the conclusion that it would not be appropriate for us to > > use the software." > > > > Can you believe it?! As silly as this sounds to you and I, the "mascot" will be a barrier to *BSD*'s adoption in many parts of the world. We don't have to like that fact, but we do have to deal with it. Doug -- "Live free or die" - State motto of my ancestral homeland, New Hampshire Do YOU Yahoo!? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message