Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 17:14:21 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cls@raggedclown.net> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why Use a Daemon as a Symbol since it alienates many? Message-ID: <20021104161421.GB730@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <C11F4CE3-F00E-11D6-947F-000393A335A2@earthlink.net> References: <3DC62FAF.9053A5F8@ene.asda.gr> <C11F4CE3-F00E-11D6-947F-000393A335A2@earthlink.net>
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On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 11:02:01AM -0500, Larry Sica wrote: > > On Monday, November 4, 2002, at 03:28 AM, Lefteris Tsintjelis wrote: > > >>> But as it alienates so many Christians, Jews and Muslims > >>>as a little Satan symbol, really limits the widespread use, public > >>>and tax > >>>paid support and availability of BSD. A better symbol might be the > >>>statue of > >>>liberty, or the creator of the first Library, Aristotle. The > >>>Penguin symbol > >>>is LINUX' best advantage over BSD, not to mention all the public > >>>hostility > >>>towards Berkley. > >> > > All the public hostility towards Berkley? Where exactly? And imho the > linux is annoying but it never stopped me from trying Linux. > Mmm..I was wonderfing the same thing. I have never been there, but I am sure if I say the word "Berkley" people don't shriek in horror and stick wooden stakes through my heart. In fact I would be surprised if (as I live in Europe) they knew it is just some place in California ... and they would just produce a wealth of Californian jokes :) "How many Californians does it take to screw in a lightbulb ?" Answer: "Five. One to screw in the lightbulb, and 4 more to share the experience". Hee hee. -- Regards Cliff Sarginson The Netherlands [ This mail has been checked as virus-free ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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