Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 09:35:20 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com> To: Mark Hittinger <bugs@warlock.win.net> Cc: hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: A "FreeBSD" Daemon Message-ID: <16903.793388120@freefall.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 21 Feb 95 12:13:49 EST." <199502211713.MAA21331@warlock.win.net>
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> Let me suggest something along the same lines. Ditch the daemon thing. Hmmmm. I'm glad I don't have your mailbox for the next couple of days! ;-) Seriously, while I certainly understand the sentiment I don't think that this is going to fly. The BSD Daemon is just too enshrined in the culture, and besides I don't think using it as a corporate symbol has done BSDI any damage! Quite the opposite, in fact. Linus Torvalds even expressed some small envy at the fact that we had a cute mascot like this and Linux still couldn't decide on a species, much less a specific icon. If anything, we need to change our daemon significantly enough that we're not perceived as mini-BSDIs (though I suppose we could be perceived as worse things!). Perhaps we could take the opportunity to make him even less threatening to the bible-belters at the same time, maybe putting little corks on the ends of his trident (get the child safety vote), pants on the daemon (moral majority), shrink his horns down and give him a bushy squirrel-like tail (animal rights and cute-and-furry vote). Then, just to be safe, we'll place a handgun on the ground someplace within his reach, just to get the NRA vote while we're at it. Oh yeah, also got to give him sneakers with some brand-name on them so we can get a fat endorsement contract! :-) Yes, yes, I know your heart was in the right place with this suggestion, I just felt like having a little fun at your expense.. :-) :-) Jordan
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