Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 15:46:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gumbysoft.com> To: Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Spelling Message-ID: <20030919154548.E46275@carver.gumbysoft.com> In-Reply-To: <xzpznh0fzfu.fsf@dwp.des.no> References: <20030919164821.2b1d18d1.max@willystudios.com> <c4wuc4d6o8.uc4@mail.comcast.net> <xzpznh0fzfu.fsf@dwp.des.no>
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On Fri, 19 Sep 2003, Dag-Erling [iso-8859-1] Sm=F8rgrav wrote: > underway@comcast.net (Gary W. Swearingen) writes: > > I'm guessing that "BSD" led some BSD pioneer to think "beastie" which > > he connected with processes already called daemons, and he thought it > > would make for a good mascot. > > The mascot came before the name. And if i recall the mascot was never named in the first place. There was a movement to call him Chuck but kirk put that down. 'beastie' is about as close as it gets. --=20 Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org
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