On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:55:04 -0600 Dale Scott <dalesc...@shaw.ca> wrote:
> Personally, I enjoy our mascot Beastie, as well as the > Beastie-influenced official logo. I also smile when I see Casper, > Wendy andHotStuff. However, I also accept there are individuals who > understand these symbols differently than me, and that I may be > alienating them to my detriment. It seems consumer products need to > be mindful of cultural differences, is FreeBSD different? A larger > community and increased OS market share wouldn't be all that bad, > would it? > > I hope that those of you who believe in FreeBSD but with a personal > conflict with the mascot or logo, band together and propose a > complementary alternate symbol. I don't mean flooding the mail list > (it's obvious we can do that on our own), I'm talking about difficult > time-consuming organization, lobbying, and support gathering. For me, > I hope Beastie endures forever - he our first and legacy mascot - but > I also wouldn't object to one or two more officially sanctioned > mascots and logos either. > > Dale Scott > Personally, I tried to stay out of this conversion (because it's OT and I find all religions annoying). But, anyway, IIRC, the reason why our nice little beastie is no longer the official FreeBSD logo, is the sentiments you just mentioned. There was a discussion about this years ago on one of the mailing lists (I don't remember which one anymore), which resulted in a contest, and the result is the horned ball logo you find on the top of www.freebsd.org. This is also the reason why we have to add 'beastie_disable="NO"' to /boot/loader.conf after a fresh install now. So, please, refrain from calling for yet another new logo. Best regards 文鳥 _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
