Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 01:51:24 -0800 From: Gregory Sutter <gsutter@pobox.com> To: -kevin- <kathey@pobox.com> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: State of the union, 1999. Message-ID: <19990110015124.H10346@orcrist.mediacity.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19990110013242.0094db10@mail.frmt1.sfba.home.com>; from -kevin- on Sun, Jan 10, 1999 at 01:32:42AM -0800 References: <49859.915950870.1@zippy.cdrom.com> <3.0.5.32.19990110013242.0094db10@mail.frmt1.sfba.home.com>
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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.
Kevin,
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.
Take a look at <http://www.daemonnews.org/199810/daemon.html>; for
the whole story, courtesy of Greg Lehey.
Greg
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