Devil Mascot

[Chris Lynch]

This thread cracks me up. No matter how many times the same subject has been
brought up, I still can't stop laughing at the silliness of it all.
Maybe FreeBSD should make a fuzzy bunny that does a happy dance...but, then
we'd be stepping on the Easter Bunnies toes, and we all know what could
happen then!!!

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Jerry
McAllister
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 10:41 AM
To: Mi A. Llort
Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Devil Mascot


>
> 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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