Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 00:58:09 -0400 From: "Brett G. Castleberry" <bcc9746@garnet.acns.fsu.edu> To: "Dcollins" <dutch@charm.net>, "Don Read" <dread@calcasieu.com> Cc: "Mitch Collinsworth" <mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Question about the mascot Message-ID: <018b01bee3b6$1cae71a0$1024c992@s1o3q0> References: <XFMail.990810205224.dread@calcasieu.com> <37B0DED6.581D240A@charm.net>
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The first time I saw the FreeBSD Daemon, I thought he was my old friend Hot Stuff, the Harvey Comics character and role model for mischievous little boys. It would not surprise me if Hot Stuff provided inspiration for the original rendering of the mascot by Phil Foglio (Complete FreeBSD, 2nd ed., p. 17.) Anyway, granted that he might not be a great marketing tool, I think the daemon reflects the personality of this list and its users, which I would describe as "mercurial." He is a representation of Mercury, child prankster and divine messenger (therefore patron of telecom.) Brett G. Castleberry bcc9746@garnet.acns.fsu.edu Tallahassee, Florida To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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