Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 13:49:53 -0800 From: Peter Kieser <pfak@telus.net> To: Alexandr Kovalenko <never@nevermind.kiev.ua> Cc: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Logo Contest Message-ID: <420A8581.3040605@telus.net> In-Reply-To: <20050209214206.GA21616@nevermind.kiev.ua> References: <200502091349.00708.algould@datawok.com> <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1050209210847.26319Q-100000@fledge.watson.org> <20050209214206.GA21616@nevermind.kiev.ua>
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When the Project decides that political correctness is more important than a tradition dating back over 20 years, something is wrong. Personally I really don't care if a user selects another OS based on the fact that we have a devil as our mascot. They are better off on another OS anyways, because they're likely to cause problems -- because people with that kind of attitude are likely to bring up other "issues" with our "product". --Peter Alexandr Kovalenko wrote: >Hello, Robert Watson! > >On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 09:13:39PM +0000, you wrote: > > > >>>I'd like to voice my support for the logo competition. >>> >>>I was particularly pleased to read a comment on Daemon News that Beastie >>>would remain the mascot and that the logo and mascot are being >>>separated. I am hopeful that this comment was accurate. >>> >>>...now, if I could only draw...... >>> >>> >>The comment is accurate. We'd like to get a logo we can provide to >>companies that are willing to stick it on their products as "supporting >>FreeBSD" -- while we all love the Daemon, we know that not every company >>can stick it on their Ethernet card box or server support web page. The >>intent is to keep Beastie as the Mascot, and you'll still see him all over >>the place. I can't imagine that FreeBSD t-shirts will stop holding him, >>let alone the large number of web pages, CDROM distributions, and so on. >>And don't forget the stuffed animal Beasties :-). >> >> > >But I've already seen some products which represented Beastie as >"Designed for FreeBSD" (actually they mean "Designed to be supported by >FreeBSD" :). > >Heh, anyway, political correctness is a$$pain for me... > > > >>For entertainment value, I should scan in the anonymous letter I received >>from someone in Kansas a few years ago. It compared the Beastie to using >>Osama Bin Laden as the FreeBSD logo, and was CC'd to my company and >>research sponsors. It's a classic :-). Of course, it wasn't appreciated >>at work because this was a bit after the anthrax scare, and anonymous >>mailed envelopes weren't real popular. >> >> > >:)) > > >
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