Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 15:04:19 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: mmead@Glock.COM (matthew c. mead) Cc: juphoff@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu, pmurphy@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu, chat@freebsd.org, alex@bach.cis.temple.edu Subject: Re: [Forwarded e-mail from Alexander O. Yuriev] Message-ID: <199605032204.PAA14968@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <199605032146.RAA09631@neon.Glock.COM> from "matthew c. mead" at May 3, 96 05:46:58 pm
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matthew c. mead wrote: > > Jeff Uphoff writes: > > > "mcm" == matthew c mead <mmead@Glock.COM> 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/
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