Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 14:46:36 -0500 From: Gerd Knops <gerti@bitart.com> To: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> Cc: Greg Lehey <grog@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com>, "David A. Medeiros" <damzz@mediaone.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Offensive figures (wa: Why?) Message-ID: <20000630194636.25069.qmail@camelot.bitart.com> In-Reply-To: <395CCD89.4660E85D@gorean.org> References: <395B229A.D6CD5BD0@mediaone.net> <20000630183122.F7687@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com> <395CCD89.4660E85D@gorean.org>
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Doug Barton wrote: > Greg Lehey wrote: > > > > On Thursday, 29 June 2000 at 6:19:06 -0400, David A. Medeiros > > wrote: > > > Why is a figure offensive in its caricturization used as the logo > > > for FreeBSD? Thanks! > > > > Why, is a figure offensive in its caricturization used as the logo > > for FreeBSD? The logo represents a daemon. What's offensive about > > that? > > Yes, that's the rationalization for it. But come on. The character is > a visual pun. It's _clearly_ drawn to represent a devil/demon. The > high minded "It's really a dAemon" business is just a convenient > excuse. Why else would BSDi be passing out little devil horns at > usenix? How would you draw a daemon, really? > > Don't get me wrong, I think it's fine if y'all want to have your > little joke. As long as you realize that dogged dedication to it will > result in limiting the audience for the product. The meta discussion > about whether that's a good thing, or justified, or an example of the > stupidity of the general populace is simply not relevant to the sales > figure argument. It _does_ offend people. If you think that's ok, > more power to you. > I have to agree. There are some cultures on this planet where images like the FreeBSD logo are not acceptable. Period. Distributing a FreeBSD system in such a country using the daemon as sreen saver or sticker on the PC would be in very poor taste. So while I like that little daemon, in the interest of marketing FreeBSD throughout the world it is not a wise choice of a logo. Gerd To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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