Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 17:26:10 -0400 (EDT) From: Nathan Stratton <nathan@robotics.net> To: Kenny Drobnack <kdrobnac@mission.mvnc.edu> Cc: William Melanson <wjm@gate.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question about the mascot Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908111725220.14615-100000@skipper.robotics.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.990811171051.5500E-100000@mission.mvnc.edu>
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On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Kenny Drobnack wrote: > I am a Christian, and do not find the daemon mascot offensive in the > least. And I came from the DOS/Windows environment, so I had no idea what > the daemon was. In fact, I got some funny looks at my Christian college > when i started talking about "demons" running in my computer. Some people > laughed and said "Windows sure seems like that sometimes". > maybe we should have a disclaimer or something "FreeBSD is not > satanic. This is a daemon, a helpful spiritual being, kind of like an > angel." Of course, people don't read README files, much less > disclaimers... > I do kind of like the idea of having some versions of things > (T-shits, stickers, the CD's) without the mascot. Of course, still keep > the ones with. That way, if the little devil on their software package > really bothers someone, they can get the one that doesn't have him. Dito, I also am a Christian and do think think it is a big deal at all. ><> Nathan Stratton Telecom & ISP Consulting http://www.robotics.net nathan@robotics.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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