Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 11:07:59 +0100 (CET) From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: Gregory Sutter <gsutter@pobox.com> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, -kevin- <kathey@pobox.com> Subject: Re: State of the union, 1999. Message-ID: <XFMail.990110110759.asmodai@wxs.nl> In-Reply-To: <19990110015124.H10346@orcrist.mediacity.com>
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On 10-Jan-99 Gregory Sutter wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 10, 1999 at 01:32:42AM -0800, -kevin- wrote:
>>
>> At 10:47 PM 1/9/99 -0800, jkh wrote:
>> >What can we do to change this in 1999? Well, I've also heard our
>> >advocate corps calling for logistical support ("Backup! We need some
>> >*backup* here!!") and I've listened to them, part of my project for
>>
>> I know this may sound trite but any time I introduce someone to FreeBSD
>> they inevitably ask, "What's the deal with the demon?"
>> So my suggestion is that we change our mascot to something more benign.
>
> It's not really a devil; a daemon is entirely different. The
> Shorter Oxford English Dictionary contains:
>
> Demon Also dæmon. ME [In form, and in sense I, a. L. dæmon
> (med. L. demon)...] 1. Gr. Myth. A being of a nature intermediate
> between that of gods and men; an inferior divinity, spirit
> (including the souls of deceased persons). Often written dæmon
> for distinction. 1569.
Yup, or as they said `daimon'. The term daemon became evil when Catholics
connected daemon to devils and Satan. In general, for someone with a common
sense, it's not related to its evil counterpart.
Besides you want to change the Daemon? Heh, try that after roughly 8 years
of Free/Net/Open existence. Not including the CSRG days before that...
And most of the people I speak are quite fond of this cute daemon. (Hey,
how could ye not love the guy?)
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asmodai(at)wxs.nl I wait and I wait...
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