Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 15:31:30 -0600 From: Jacob S <stormspotter@6Texans.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Please don't change Beastie to another logo such asNetBSD!!! Message-ID: <20050210153130.68c6a6b9@jacob.6texans.net> In-Reply-To: <1531112695.20050210212532@wanadoo.fr> References: <200502092223.01650.algould@datawok.com> <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNKEFGFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <20050210155900.GD89175@keyslapper.net> <1531112695.20050210212532@wanadoo.fr>
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On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 21:25:32 +0100 Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > Louis LeBlanc writes: > > > Neutrality is purely objective in this case (and many others). > > Uninformed neutrality can be highly inflammatory. Beastie is only > > considered inflammatory to those uninformed fundamentalists who > > haven't been satisfied beating down every other freedom in this > > country and need someone or something else to pick on. > > They are potential customers. One of them is even President. Oh, please! Could we stop using stereotypes and putting down this or that "group" of people? When discussing politics and religion with friends, I usually consider myself a little to the "right" of the President, yet I'm still using FreeBSD. Maybe 'beastie' will turn away some potential users, and maybe it's not "politically correct", and maybe it's not the optimal "business image". But please stop saying this is all because of some "wacko Bible thumpers" that don't like daemons. All of the Christians I know are smart enough to recognize the difference between a "demon" and a Disk And Executive MONitor[1]. [1] http://www.web-friend.com/help/lingo/jargon.html#D > > I'm afraid I don't care for it. > > It's just an example. And a very poor example, IMHO. Can you give any proof that it's a valid example to say that Christians object to the use of the acronym "daemon" in Unix-like operating systems? I have not been able to find any proof on this list, the 19 Linux e-mail lists I am on, or the 2 or 3 computer/programming forums I occasionally visit. Note: This e-mail is not intended to argue either in favor of or against the "Beastie" mascot/logo, nor should it be construed in such a way. Jacob
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