From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 2 13:34:44 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D091016A41F for ; Wed, 2 Nov 2005 13:34:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsilver@chrononomicon.com) Received: from trans-warp.net (hyperion.trans-warp.net [216.37.208.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A60C43D45 for ; Wed, 2 Nov 2005 13:34:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsilver@chrononomicon.com) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (unverified [65.193.73.208]) by trans-warp.net (SurgeMail 2.2g3) with ESMTP id 28842529 for multiple; Wed, 02 Nov 2005 08:34:47 -0500 In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v623) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <2abc93ceac8d5a004dc6c82ee7a5b980@chrononomicon.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Bart Silverstrim Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 08:35:19 -0500 To: "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.623) X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com X-Authenticated-User: bsilver@chrononomicon.com Cc: Free BSD Questions list , Ted Mittelstaedt Subject: Re: New Logo X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 13:34:44 -0000 On Nov 1, 2005, at 5:22 PM, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > > On Nov 1, 2005, at 3:15 PM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >> >> Of course not. You got what you deserved though so shut the hell up. > > Ted, you need to shut the hell up. FreeBSD is not your project and > your whining and complaining whenever the logo thing comes up is > really tiresome. Y'know, you have a semi-valid point, but at the same time he's a user and contributor to the list. As a user, he has as much right to blow chunks at the logo contest as other people who are "only users" have to blow sunshine up other user's butts over the logo. Whether you like it or not, you should respect that. > The people who run the project decided to create a new logo. It sucks > but hey, it is better than beastie as a logo. Beastie is a fine > mascot but he is not a logo. This is your opinion, and it apparently isn't shared by everyone else who uses the project. Users have a right to the opinions and to voice them, and as much as developers like to pretend users are totally irrelevant, projects would become shelved dust collections without them.