Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 21:54:50 +1000 From: Fraser Tweedale <frase@frase.id.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Looking for gurus willing to help write Freebsd tutorials Message-ID: <20080604115449.GA1070@bacardi> In-Reply-To: <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCMELHCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <20080603090611.09512ba3@gom.home> <BMEDLGAENEKCJFGODFOCMELHCFAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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--r5Pyd7+fXNt84Ff3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 01:45:57AM -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > [snip]=20 > 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. >=20 > Ted I always have wondered about the other entries. Surely someone has got a copy of them lying around; I (and I'm sure many others) would be quite interested to see them, if such a thing is possible. frase --r5Pyd7+fXNt84Ff3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkhGgocACgkQPw/2FZbemTX1OQCePBQOG0rk6DrgDrrw9wrS8Wz3 a10An2abuWRHvx/sjg6gxEwfkPJf10w+ =lMLd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --r5Pyd7+fXNt84Ff3--
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