Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 20:25:19 -0700 (PDT) From: The Clark Family <res03db2@gte.net> To: Gerd Knops <gerti@bitart.com> Cc: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org>, 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: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006302006350.1666-100000@orthanc.dsl.gtei.net> In-Reply-To: <20000630194636.25069.qmail@camelot.bitart.com>
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What next? Assume for a moment that BSDi's marketing people decide that the daemon is too controversial and stop using it as cover art. (On the FreeBSD disks.) Take the B out of BSD, because it stands for Berkeley? (A thoroughly immoral city near <gasp> SanFrancisco?) Take out the TCP/IP stack because it was paid for with <American> DOD funds? Stop shipping it on CD because they were invented by SONY. (A company from a predominately Shinto country?) Next do away with MicroSoft. (Bill Gates like <Satanic> Heavy Metal music.) Can't use Next, they're all into EST. Novell should be safe, unless you don't care for polygamy. Religous convictions abound, but is there any sofware in existance that is acceptable to everyone? [RC] On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Gerd Knops wrote: > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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