On Sep 5, 2007, at 12:10 AM, Erich Dollansky wrote:
Hi,
Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
Them's fighting words - don't you realize an entire subgroup of the
FreeBSD developers spent untold amounts of time and effort setting up
a rigged contest to attempt to convince the userbase that there was
such a
On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 12:10:50PM +0800, Erich Dollansky wrote:
Hi,
Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
Them's fighting words - don't you realize an entire subgroup of the
FreeBSD developers spent untold amounts of time and effort setting up
a rigged contest to attempt to convince the userbase that
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On Friday 31 August 2007 15:32:26 Jerry McAllister wrote
Hi,
Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
Them's fighting words - don't you realize an entire subgroup of the
FreeBSD developers spent untold amounts of time and effort setting up
a rigged contest to attempt to convince the userbase that there was
such a difference, in order to replace the logo with a round
On Wednesday 05 September 2007 04:10:50 Erich Dollansky wrote:
Hi,
Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
Them's fighting words - don't you realize an entire subgroup of the
FreeBSD developers spent untold amounts of time and effort setting up
a rigged contest to attempt to convince the userbase that
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Subject: Re: doubts about the freebsd devil
Hi,
Ted Mittelstaedt wrote
On 8/30/07, Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nélio Mesquita [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello to all!
Just for curiosity, why the FreeBSD logo is a little devil? Is there a
history around it?
It's not a devil, it's a daemon, and there is plenty of history:
Written by Nélio Mesquita on 08/31/07 06:44
On 8/30/07, Bill Moran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nélio Mesquita [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello to all!
Just for curiosity, why the FreeBSD logo is a little devil? Is there a
history around it?
It's not a devil, it's a daemon, and there is plenty of
On Thu, Aug 30, 2007 at 07:53:50PM -0300, Nélio Mesquita wrote:
Hello to all!
Just for curiosity, why the FreeBSD logo is a little devil? Is there a
history around it?
There is so much history it would take you several days to read it all.
Just look for stuff on 'Beastie' or 'Bsd' or other
On Friday 31 August 2007 15:32:26 Jerry McAllister wrote:
There will also probably be loads of people replying to tell you
that it is not a devil but a character representing a daemon that
is a helpful sprite and that it is not a logo, but a mascot.
I think that is much less different than
On Fri, Aug 31, 2007 at 03:50:27PM +, Pollywog wrote:
On Friday 31 August 2007 15:32:26 Jerry McAllister wrote:
There will also probably be loads of people replying to tell you
that it is not a devil but a character representing a daemon that
is a helpful sprite and that it is not
Nélio Mesquita wrote:
Hello to all!
Just for curiosity, why the FreeBSD logo is a little devil? Is there a
history around it?
See www.beastie.com
Thank you!
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--On Thursday, August 30, 2007 19:53:50 -0300 Nélio Mesquita [EMAIL
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Hello to all!
Just for curiosity, why the FreeBSD logo is a little devil? Is there a
history around it?
Thank you!
Sort of answers your question. (Implied and explicit.)
Nélio Mesquita [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello to all!
Just for curiosity, why the FreeBSD logo is a little devil? Is there a
history around it?
It's not a devil, it's a daemon, and there is plenty of history:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_%28computer_software%29
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