Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 16:58:35 -0600 From: "Ray Seals" <rayseals@midwestis.com> To: "Greg Lehey" <grog@lemis.com>, "Drew Baxter" <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com>, "Nicholas Charles Brawn" <ncb05@uow.edu.au>, "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> Cc: <advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Let's nail some things down. Message-ID: <001201be038f$a87b1d80$1a1e10ac@rseals.midwestis.com> In-Reply-To: <19981030084638.A25247@freebie.lemis.com>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Greg Lehey
> Sent: Thursday, October 29, 1998 4:17 PM
> To: Drew Baxter; Ray Seals; Nicholas Charles Brawn; Jason C. Wells
> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: Let's nail some things down.
>
>
> On Thursday, 29 October 1998 at 16:31:54 -0500, Drew Baxter wrote:
> > At 03:26 PM 10/29/98 -0600, Ray Seals wrote:
> >>> On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, Jason C. Wells wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> "FreeBSD Native" is good but perhaps nerdy.
> >>>
> >>> Not necessarily. I can picture a very cute chucky, dressed up like a
> >>> fierce tribal warrior, holding a trident instead of a spear. I think
> >>> it'd look quite cool if that had an attached 'FreeBSD Native'
> on it. :)
> >> I like the tribal warrior look. I also like the 'FreeBSD
> Native' wording.
> >> I think that there should only be 2 classifications. We just need to
> >> continue to adhere to a strict quality control standard before
> these are
> >> issued. This is a great opportunity for us.
> >
> > Just as long as we don't end up with a Holy War, or people
> thinking they're
> > being offended or whatever, all's well. At the same time, 2 is good
> > enough, and 3 is excessive. Works With should just be "requires minimal
> > modification".. If it requires too much modification, the
> designer should
> > put it in themselves in another tree or something of the CD.
>
> How about not issuing emblems for the third class, just putting them
> on the web site? That way we'll have enough space and time to explain
> the pitfalls to potential purchasers. At the same time we'll have
> more (I didn't say much :-) leverage to get the vendors to include
> whatever it takes on their distribution.
>
> Greg
On the issue of political correctness. I say that we shouldn't put a head
dress on Chuck, but replace his trident with a shield. Head dress would be
specific, shield would be a more generic symbol.
The shield similar to this:
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Greg, I agree 100%. There has to be value and that is one of the things we
can all be proud of. FreeBSD is a quality product.
Ray
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