From owner-freebsd-chat Fri May 3 15:04:21 1996 Return-Path: owner-chat Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA14974 for chat-outgoing; Fri, 3 May 1996 15:04:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jmb@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA14968 Fri, 3 May 1996 15:04:19 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Message-Id: <199605032204.PAA14968@freefall.freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [Forwarded e-mail from Alexander O. Yuriev] To: mmead@Glock.COM (matthew c. mead) Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 15:04:19 -0700 (PDT) Cc: juphoff@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu, pmurphy@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu, chat@freebsd.org, alex@bach.cis.temple.edu In-Reply-To: <199605032146.RAA09631@neon.Glock.COM> from "matthew c. mead" at May 3, 96 05:46:58 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-chat@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk matthew c. mead wrote: > > Jeff Uphoff writes: > > > "mcm" == matthew c mead writes: > > > mcm> I thought the Linux "mascot" was a damn platypus? Has it > > mcm> changed to a penguin? I suppose it doesn't matter, as both are > > mcm> [appropriately] quite silly. > > > Whereas the little horned fellow wearing sneakers and carrying a cattle > > prod is serious? > > He represents something: the daemon process! > > processES. (soneone correct me here) one of the first uses of hte daemon image was at the 10th usenix. the t-shirts featured daemons running over a set of pipes doing all sorts or work. (i have never actually *seen* one, but i wish i had one :) jmb -- Jonathan M. Bresler FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD--4.4BSD Unix for PC clones, source included. http://www.freebsd.org/