Looking for gurus willing to help write Freebsd tutorials

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Fraser Tweedale
> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 4:55 AM
> To: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Looking for gurus willing to help write Freebsd tutorials
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 01:45:57AM -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> > [snip] 
> > The issue started several years ago when one of the core
> > developers started agitating for a different graphic.  Apparently
> > he had been asked too many times for his taste if the FreeBSD
> > project had something to do with devil worship.  A long drawn
> > out argument ensued but core being core got their way.  Core
> > then started claiming Beastie wasn't a logo, he was a mascot
> > and that it why we needed a logo (despite the fact that Beastie
> > has been used as a logo for years) As a
> > peace offering they tried the contest idea.  The submissions
> > were so crappy they extended the contest deadline.  Finally
> > they got a submission that they decided was OK and that "won"
> > the contest.  The FreeBSD community was not allowed to see
> > the other entrants.  It was your basic star chamber decision.
> > 
> > Ted
> 
> I always have wondered about the other entries.  Surely someone
> has got a copy of them lying around; I (and I'm sure many others)
> would be quite interested to see them, if such a thing is possible.
> 

Start (and end) here:

http://logo-contest.freebsd.org/

Ted