Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 13:55:30 -0500 From: Louis LeBlanc <FreeBSD@keyslapper.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Please don't change Beastie to another crap logo such as NetBSD!!! Message-ID: <20050209185530.GC18088@keyslapper.net> In-Reply-To: <e6575a3050209103214480161@mail.gmail.com> References: <e6575a3050209103214480161@mail.gmail.com>
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On 02/09/05 04:32 PM, Charles-André Landemaine sat at the `puter and typed: > This will sign the death of FreeBSD. > > How could they believe such crap?! Who said beastie is evil?! This is > totally non-sense, it's a logo, it's not the CD cover of a heavy-metal > release...! > > I think the reasons are the same as NetBSD. Do extremist Republicans > threaten BSD distros? > > The word "daemon" in greek means "server" (the person, not the > hardware). This is neither good nor bad, if it has to be either one, > then it's good. Uh, not to be rude, but what the hell are you talking about? I don't remember anyone talking about changing the logo. Except the occasional fundy trying to throw the idea into the list every couple months using every tone from appeasement to outright fire and brimstone. I've never seen anyone take it seriously. Everyone here knows all the history of the word, many know the history of Beastie himself, and so far as I know, none have any plans to change him. > Oh please, wake me up, it's a nightmare!!! So Wake Up. -- Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD-at-keyslapper-DOT-net Fully Funded Hobbyist, KeySlapper Extrordinaire :) Please send off-list email to: leblanc at keyslapper d.t net Key fingerprint = C5E7 4762 F071 CE3B ED51 4FB8 AF85 A2FE 80C8 D9A2 Bagdikian's Observation: Trying to be a first-rate reporter on the average American newspaper is like trying to play Bach's "St. Matthew Passion" on a ukelele.
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