Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 19:39:40 -0500 (EST) From: Lanny Baron <lnb@FreeBSDsystems.COM> To: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.osd.bsdi.com> Cc: Stanislav Posonsky <posonsky@iname.ru>, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: About The Symbolism (what a joke) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011291908210.48462-100000@satan.freebsdsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <70885.974711943@winston.osd.bsdi.com>
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Stanislav, Are you related to the priest that sent mail to some list that I happened to pick up whence he (or she) said, that the daemon that FreeBSD has used in its web site or in other places is EVIL??? I wrote the person back. Telling him (or her) to make SURE that the students of his (or her) seminary where not using a specific site for public email, as it is or was, in part, being run with the aid (not aids) of FreeBSD.=20 As far as "impish" goes, our company site uses the BSD Daemon Copyright =A9 1988 by Marshall Kirk McKusick. All Rights Reserved. as it is the reverse or your IMPISH thoughts. Now Stan (or is it satan), why don't you call some of the Internet giants and ask them if they use FreeBSD for any purpose. If you want an article, i am pretty sure you can find it on FreeBSD's web site, in the section "in the press". If you can't email me and I will send you the copy. Other than that, I feel you sent your mail to stir the pot (defecation). Maybe you ought to try a system that uses a penguin for a logo or gif. One thing though, don't try using chio as some distributions associated with the penguin were not "Evil" enough to have it included. I wonder if you (Stan) think the great rock band AC/DC is evil too. Highway to HELL, HELL Aint a Bad Place to Be, are all songs about so called EVIL. Maybe you need a night with Rosie, (whole lotta rosie) in which she (about 100 ft. tall) wears the alluded-to "horns of Satan". Be politically correct. It gets you everywhere, in particular nowhere. --Lanny aka SATAN=20 On Nov 20, 2000, Jordan Hubbard in vogue yet hillarious wrote: >> Can anyone give me an answer to my question why an impish creature is an >> emblem of FreeBSD? > >Please see: http://www.freebsd.org/copyright/daemon.html > >> And concerning the watchword `FreeBSD: The Power to >> Serve`, what power is implied? > >I think you have far too much time on your hands if you're looking >that far into simple slogans for hidden meanings. It means simply >that FreeBSD has the power to serve. Period. > >> peoples! At the same time as an Orthodox believer I cannot and should no= t >> use it because of such an ambiguous (or may be not ambiguous?) symbolis= m. > >That is your choice. No matter how innocuous a slogan or mascot we >chose, however, I'm sure somebody, somewhere, would find the need to >impart additional meaning to their lives by taking offense at it. >It's therefore in this project's best interests to simply ignore >people like that and focus our attention on issues of more significant >importance. > >- Jordan > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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