On 7/28/10, Chuck Robey <[email protected]> wrote: > Dale Scott wrote: >> Personally, I enjoy our mascot Beastie, as well as the Beastie-influenced >> official logo. I also smile when I see Casper, Wendy andHotStuff. >> However, I also accept there are individuals who understand these symbols >> differently than me, and that I may be alienating them to my >> detriment. It seems consumer products need to be mindful of cultural >> differences, is FreeBSD different? A larger community and increased OS >> market share wouldn't be all that bad, would it? >> >> I hope that those of you who believe in FreeBSD but with a personal >> conflict with the mascot or logo, >> band together and propose a complementary alternate symbol. I don't >> mean flooding the mail list (it's obvious we can do that on our own), >> I'm talking about difficult time-consuming organization, lobbying, and >> support gathering. For me, I hope Beastie endures forever - he our first >> and legacy mascot - but I also wouldn't object to one or two more >> officially sanctioned mascots and logos either. >> >> Dale Scott > > God, I rewrote this 4 times, because I need to be careful and correct here. > First, there is no honest reason why people of differing opinions can't get > along. If others have problems with me having my own beliefs, I won't force > them to live my way, but they must respect my own choices too. The major > point > here, though, is a historical one: appeasement does not work, and even the > attempt leads to problems. > > The point is, no sane person really believes that Beastie equates to devil > worship, and I don't like the idea of letting crazies dictate my life. > _______________________________________________
For users that are not offended, you can read about a story about Beastie: http://rmitz.org/freebsd.daemon.html I remember having read that article a long time ago, but is also linked here in a recent article illustrating FreeBSD: http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Health-Check-FreeBSD-The-unknown-giant-920248.html Regards, Antonio _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
