Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 23:42:17 -0800 From: bmah@CA.Sandia.GOV (Bruce A. Mah) To: "D. Gregory" <gregoryd@kersur.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Greetings Message-ID: <199903120742.XAA29836@stennis.ca.sandia.gov> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 10 Mar 1999 21:39:34 EST." <199903120241.VAA18069@mail.kersur.net>
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--==_Exmh_-1396886067P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii If memory serves me right, "D. Gregory" wrote: > As a newcomer to the world of WEB hosting, I'm interested to go with the > best. > My research indicates that FreeBSD is the best for WEB servers. Great, I'm glad to hear that! > Having said that, I'm perplexed by the demon caricature that you use. > Though I'm sure it's displayed in good humor, you may want to consider that > Bible believers and other of faith would probably be happier it that were > not your logo. The daemon (not demon) logo predates FreeBSD...in general he's been a mascot for BSD operating systems for quite some time. For a few words as to *why* BSD has the daemon as its mascot, take a look at: http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/daemon.html I've never interpreted the BSD daemon as a sign of disrespect or jest towards Christianity or any other religion, and I'm confident that it was never intended as such. In peace, Bruce. PS. I once made the mistake of referring to the BSD daemon as "the little devil logo" in front of Kirk McKusick. He was very polite in correcting me, but nevertheless I nearly died of embarassment when I realized my error. --==_Exmh_-1396886067P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP MESSAGE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBNujFWajOOi0j7CY9AQHkNgP/TPMb5VZNa3DTGhMEmZO+6T3mtETRmasf b9tY+b/JN/uSUopeQgB0JFXlnDgt0gC4XiwmQQhe3bz29B/cLEnQ3FbvqUoLtlHC CUYv1/YONm7QVObCjc5cRpwS7ej0WgLDAOjkqa57RitUaJjSytMdkQAbSMza926C ZLDKmUoIcuU= =JDNo -----END PGP MESSAGE----- --==_Exmh_-1396886067P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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