Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 09:59:11 -0500 From: Louis LeBlanc <FreeBSD@keyslapper.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Please don't change Beastie to another crap logo such asNetBSD!!! Message-ID: <20050210145911.GC89175@keyslapper.net> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNOEFGFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <20050210055117.GA96699@keyslapper.net> <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNOEFGFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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On 02/10/05 12:55 AM, Ted Mittelstaedt sat at the `puter and typed:
> owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org wrote:
> > On 02/09/05 09:45 PM, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC sat at the
> > `puter and typed:
> >=20
> > Yes, but business is why Microsoft Windows (*) sucks old rocks.
> > Microsoft is in business to make money, not better software. I was
> > always under the impression that while the FreeBSD foundation was "in
> > business" to promote FreeBSD, the chief focus of the core team has
> > always been a better OS. Keeping Beastie is a statement of sorts that
> > the FreeBSD team is NOT interested in business, just their work.
> >=20
> > Once upon a time, a geek could get by with their idiosyncrasies
> > because they were obviously not interested in the power points that
> > the businessmen and politicians wanted. They were only interested in
> > their gadgetry, software, and whatever cool new technology came along.
> > Now, one by one, everyone's worried about "business like" images,
> > logos, and whatnot.=20
> >=20
>=20
> Hi Louis,
>=20
> Yep, I was wondering how long it would take before someone figured
> this one out. We know the real rea$on$ that this logo change is
> being contemplated, don't we.
Thank you. I thought I was the only one . . .
> > You may be right, but I still strongly (but respectfully) disagree.
> >
>=20
> And I strongly disagree without any respect. Respectful disagreement
> is one of the power points that the businessmen and politicians
> want, it has never been a geek idiosyncracy.
LOL! Yeah, well, I have to admit, I'm fuming over here too.
Lou
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