Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:28:03 -0600 From: David Duchscher <daved@tamu.edu> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net> Cc: Tom Limoncelli <tal@whatexit.org>, chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Superstitious users and the FreeBSD logo Message-ID: <5FF0E1F7-4C51-4103-91B2-02222ED66144@tamu.edu> In-Reply-To: <CAHVFxgmexamNbg_fXNYuUzwY4Bq12YqweUaMDERzT5PLoBLfPg@mail.gmail.com> References: <201111300158.SAA09037@lariat.net> <CAE9Lj2=ipUZrExJrGwm8W7N=hknHBp5pc1FKBmTVVztrBDJcBQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAHVFxgmexamNbg_fXNYuUzwY4Bq12YqweUaMDERzT5PLoBLfPg@mail.gmail.com>
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--Apple-Mail=_1240E4BA-45CE-40BD-ADDB-07ACB64428B5 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 On Nov 30, 2011, at 4:16 AM, Tom Limoncelli wrote: > 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). >=20 > 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 >=20 > (and I heard Laura tell the story once in person) >=20 > 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? As one that has been stopped in a Lowes by a man in an electric = wheelchair asking if I worshiped the devil do to the FreeBSD shirt I was = wearing, pull it. The logo maps to many religious people as being = demonic. Saying that, the newer higher tech logo does not seem to bring = out the same association. If you do wish to evangelize FreeBSD in this case, I second the = suggestion of just using the image with the word FreeBSD in it. Maybe = somebody can work up some images with the newer logo on it and one or = two with just the text to give people a little more flexibility for = these types of situations. -- DaveD --Apple-Mail=_1240E4BA-45CE-40BD-ADDB-07ACB64428B5--
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