From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 14 18:26:58 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 999CD16A4CE for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2004 18:26:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from internet.potentialtech.com (h-66-167-251-6.phlapafg.covad.net [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A72643D41 for ; Mon, 14 Jun 2004 18:26:58 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from working.potentialtech.com (pa-plum1c-102.pit.adelphia.net [24.53.179.102]) by internet.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5CF569A87; Mon, 14 Jun 2004 14:26:46 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 14:26:45 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: Greg Pavelcak Message-Id: <20040614142645.763fbd4a.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <20040614175318.GA549@bsd.home.net> References: <20040614083140.4c8c12e5.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <20040614175318.GA549@bsd.home.net> Organization: Potential Technologies X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.10 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd4.9) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: edwardmh@pwaccess.com cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: [going OT ...] Re: Devil Mascot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 18:26:58 -0000 Greg Pavelcak wrote: > On Mon, Jun 14, 2004 at 08:31:40AM -0400, Bill Moran wrote: > > > > This has come up 100000000 times. It's simply not going to happen because the > > beastie has too much historical significance. It's a matter of pride that the > > beastie mascot has more history than the Linux penguin and the Microshit > > butterfly put together. Besides, he wasn't designed to be "market friendly", > > he was designed to be a technical pun (he's not a devil, he's a daemon) > > > > There are wild, baseless predictions that the world will reject FreeBSD because > > of the beastie every 6 months or so. Aside from the fact that I don't believe > > it, it simply doesn't bear out in reality. There are more people hijacking the > > beastie to use as a logo for other things than I can keep track of. I've seen > > more renditions of the beastie in artwork than both the penguin and the > > butterfly combined. The simple fact is that _most_ people like the beastie, > > and the few who are horribly offended by it don't seem to be significant in any > > way. > > > Actually, it's hard to tell if they're hijacking beastie or Sparkie, the > Arizona State Sun Devil. I understand that Sparkie was done by a Disney > animator, but I don't know when he was born. He easily goes back to the > early seventies. That brings up another interesting point. I wonder if said Arizona team gets this kind of harassement? As well as the pro hockey team, and any other team that has such a name/mascot? -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com