Beastie/ how about Mozilla?

[Rob]

Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:

> It is with a little intrepidation that I ask this question, because I 
> sense that what I am about to ask might push some buttons, or perhaps 
> bring back some unpleasant memories of those who have asked what I am 
> going to ask in a less tactful manner.
>
> I find that the beastie that appears at boot time with FreeBSD 5.3 
> mildly bothers me.  It is possible for me to edit boot/beastie.4th, 
> but this gets put back each time I do make installworld.
>
> Would it be possible to add a variable "show_beastie" to be put in 
> /boot/loader.conf, which would default to "YES", but users could add 
> in show_beastie="NO" if they didn't want it, but only want the menu.
>
> I am sure that this is a sensitive subject with you guys, because I 
> know that you have no intention of associating FreeBSD with satanism 
> or anything like that.  It is not my intention to apply any kind of 
> label of evil to you guys, indeed I find FreeBSD to be a very fine 
> operating system, and I use it all the time.  But the symbol which is 
> commonly associated with the devil does cause me some discomfort, and 
> for example, if I were to install some kind of server for my church, I 
> think that it would bother them as well.
>
> I know that the the symbol of the beastie is strongly associated with 
> FreeBSD, and that it would be grossly unfair for me to ask for it to 
> be removed just because of my personal discomfort.
>
> That is why I am proposing the solution above.  I think that it would 
> be easy to implement by anyone who knows Forth (presuming that the 
> loader.conf variables are known to the beastie.4th program), and that 
> this would not interfere at all with those who don't mind or enjoy the 
> beastie, but it would also help people like me in an unobtrusive manner.
>
> Best, Stephen
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Hi, just had to comment on a related matter to this.  I was talking to 
my doctor who is a rabbid christian.  The subject came to browsers and I 
said "Why don't you try Mozilla?"   His reply was "...I am a 
Christian..."    Was the first time I have known of anyone being 
offended by a dragon ion. LOL.
I forgot to tell him that he could change it to something he liked 
better.  But it gives me shivers of joy just knowing how offensive free 
Unix is.

Rob .