Devil Mascot

Jerry McAllister jerrymc at clunix.cl.msu.edu
Tue Jun 15 07:40:58 PDT 2004


> 
> On Sun, Jun 13, 2004 at 05:02:49PM -0700, Edward Hendrie wrote:
> >     Why do you have a Devil for a trademark mascot?  From a marketing
> 
> Ed, it's obvious you've hit a nerve.
> 
> Many list subscribers who have never contributed before, feel
> compelled to reply, repeating the same explanations which have
> been posted only minutes before by others.

Mostly for entertainment.
 
> The FreeBSD devil may have been responsible for the fall of the great
> PTL Club during the 1980's. During his trial, Jim Bakker explained,
> "...the devil got into the computer."
> 
> That's enough for me.

So, if that is the case, it has justified its existance many times over...

////jerry



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