Devil Mascot
Mike Galvez
hoosyerdaddy at virginia.edu
Tue Jun 15 08:57:35 PDT 2004
On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 11:20:17AM -0400, Chris Lynch wrote:
> 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!!!
If you look at the gif image in a text editor and read backwards, you can just
make out the words "I killed Paul...".
>
> -----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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