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 > perspective, you are shooting yourselves in the foot. There are many people > of various religious backgrounds who will be dissuaded from trying FreeBSD > because they have religious objections to a product that is promoted by a > devil.
Another brand with a (red) devil as a mascot: http://www.manutd.com Manchester United are the most commercially successful soccer club in the world, with a global fanbase comprising of people of all ages, races, nationalities and religions. > You may think that is a small issue, but when you are trying to create > market awareness you need a mascot that evokes simplicity and goodwill, not > one that evokes evil and deception. Given that FreeBSD is not a commercial project, such considerations are almost entirely irrelevant. -- Anthony Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
