> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jerry
> McAllister
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 8:44 AM
> To: Michael C. Shultz
> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Stupid ASCII loader prompt

>
> Oh, quit your whining.   The Beastie mascot isn't going to go away.
> It got its start because someone (Kirk) enjoyed drawing it and used
> it on some stuff and people enjoyed. it.
>

Wrong.  Use of the devil image for the logo for BSD and UNIX
predates Kirk.

> If someone comes up with some nice looking graphic that makes a
> good official logo and the FreeBSD Foundation buys it, then they
> will have an official logo, owned by FreeBSD.   So what.   Gee,
> maybe Kirk McKusick will design it.    Anyway, a mascot isn't a logo
> so the mascot isn't threatened.
>

Wrong.  Beastie has always been the logo.  It is one of the hallmarks of
the anti-beastie campaign that the anti-beastie people are now claiming
that
beastie was never the logo.

Ted

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