Please don't change Beastie to another crap logo such as NetBSD!!!

Louis LeBlanc FreeBSD at keyslapper.net
Wed Feb 9 14:49:40 PST 2005


On 02/09/05 11:10 PM, cpghost at cordula.ws sat at the `puter and typed:
> On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 10:56:34PM +0100, Oliver Leitner wrote:
> > i think the threadstarter was asking a question, and he just put his own 
> > opinion to it, i think thats a good reason why it should come to this 
> > mailinglist, after all it fits the two major reasons, why there are 
> > mailinglists.
> > 
> > 1. ppls ask questions.
> > 2. ppls tell their opinion on things.
> 
> 3. This point is IMHO way too important to be hidden in mailing
> lists with less exposure than questions at .
> 
> I've first learned about this incredible thing from questions@, and I'm
> sure a lot more people did as well. This is IMO not a point to sneak by
> past community scrutiny, because it affects us all.

Good point.  It's validity may be questioned here, but not by me.

For my part, I'm totally against diminishing the significance of Beastie
in any way shape or form.  Putting my money where my mouth is, I just
came from the FreeBSD Mall, where (cheapskate that I am), I bought 3
shirts and 4 bumper stickers.  And in the past, I've only ever worn or
used logos if they were for the Red Sox, the Patriots (and even those
sparingly), or a free shirt.  Hey, free is free, right?

That said, I certainly won't be moving to another OS if Beastie should
disappear.  He's not the reason I fell in love with FreeBSD.  Of course,
I'll still dig up the Beastie images where I can and put them back where
they belong.  I fully intend to keep Beastie visible in all my FreeBSD
systems.

Of course (at the risk of starting a *real* holy war), I'm a recovered
Catholic (read: "raving athiest"), so maybe my opinions and support
won't carry much weight.

Lou
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