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On Sat, Feb 12, 2005 at 10:12:33PM +0100, Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg wrote:
> >http://top.ch/sitedata/freebsd/freehorns.gif

Not bad :)

> Totally agree, and thats why I suggest keeping Beastie as a mascot.
> Look at linux, everyone knows the linux penguin, but that doesnt stop 
> RedHat, Caldera, Debian etc from having professional looking logos.
> And I think most of us agree that the reason RedHat is more accepted 
> then FreeBSD in the commercial world is not due to its superior 
> quality, stability or heritage, right?

A gecko (SuSE) is a good logo? C'mon! :-)

> Maybe their more professional looking image has something to do with 
> it? ;)

If the FreeBSD Project starts seriously thinking this way,
then there's something rotten in it.

FreeBSD *is* the "Beastie-OS" and its logo should definitely
be some reference to Beastie. Perhaps a simplified Beastie,
but not some "corporate" dumbed down non-sense logo.

-cpghost.

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