From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 24 21:44:35 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F22C716A4CE; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 21:44:34 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pittgoth.com (14.zlnp1.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.149.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9639C43D41; Tue, 24 Aug 2004 21:44:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost.pittgoth.com (acs-24-154-239-170.zoominternet.net [24.154.239.170]) (authenticated bits=0) by pittgoth.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i7OLiWX1027235 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Tue, 24 Aug 2004 17:44:33 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from trhodes@FreeBSD.org) Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 17:45:08 -0400 From: Tom Rhodes To: "Brad Davis" Message-Id: <20040824174508.578a0828@localhost.pittgoth.com> In-Reply-To: <25513.199.201.236.2.1093379054.squirrel@199.201.236.2> References: <20040822161153.GB68929@gothmog.gr> <20040823000443.GA17709@daemon.li> <25513.199.201.236.2.1093379054.squirrel@199.201.236.2> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: Josef El-Rayes cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: The daemon is not a religious symbol, but... X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 21:44:35 -0000 On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 14:24:14 -0600 (MDT) "Brad Davis" wrote: > > On Sun, August 22, 2004 6:04 pm, Josef El-Rayes said: > > Giorgos Keramidas : > > > >> I very much dislike the fact that our logo, which is an established mark > >> of > >> the FreeBSD operating system for so many years, brings up bad feelings > >> to > >> some users, but I also think I can understand that this is something > >> that > >> quickly becomes a religious war (sic) and nobody is going to accept the > >> fact that they might be seeing too much in a logo that is otherwise > >> unrelated to the religious belief or unbelief ot the FreeBSD developers > >> as > >> a team or as individuals. > > > > its funny, i never experienced anyone stating his dislike of the beastie > > logo, to the contrary, i noticed that beastie is very popular, quite > > some people bought freebsd shirts because the liked the image of > > beastie and not because of freebsd itself, > > especially girls think that beastie looks very cute. > > Now we just need a better selection of shirts :) WE NEED MORE BLACK SHIRTS!!! -- Tom Rhodes