From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 30 10:45:58 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D35D106564A for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:45:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tal@whatexit.org) Received: from mail-ey0-f182.google.com (mail-ey0-f182.google.com [209.85.215.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 236728FC13 for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:45:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eaai12 with SMTP id i12so732611eaa.13 for ; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:45:57 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=whatexit.org; s=google; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=cb39++mvLha1InYAgwKwYUkvewsULm8ZHBLzGuzGlF4=; b=OPrFjWeWSflh4ndhKb+GCMye4kd0P62sfqnvQakzZF9h2HBDbhpYptYllE6Mjuk+IM wTaXnYRBg6vNi5xDeAL06ZRo7bvTsFKsZUMgbm2Z6a6xQWn9wKWYYfVqMqE0x+WtyR7M PKRdneL4qFdFvupisD0K7NH1dVht6T81LHQ5o= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.181.11.226 with SMTP id el2mr1179227wid.64.1322648194738; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:16:34 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.216.121.141 with HTTP; Wed, 30 Nov 2011 02:16:34 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <201111300158.SAA09037@lariat.net> Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:16:34 -0500 Message-ID: From: Tom Limoncelli To: William Palfreman Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: Brett Glass , chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Superstitious users and the FreeBSD logo X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:45:58 -0000 This is yet another reason why it was brilliant for Linux to have a Penguin as their logo. Up until then all Unix imagery was counter-productive to wide adoption: It was mostly wizards (a reminder that Unix is difficult to use and only understood by few) or devils (which is just plain confusing to the 99.99% of the planet that hasn't taken Operating Systems 101 in college). This is not a new thing. This story is probably older than a lot of people on this mailing list: http://monster-island.org/tinashumor/humor/daemon.html (and I heard Laura tell the story once in person) Tom P.S. Speaking of being old.... next week is the 25th Usenix LISA conference. Who's coming to Boston? Will there be a BSD BoF?