| Dates | + +# Posts | + +Subject | +
|---|---|---|
| Nov 19 | + +3 | + +About the Symbolism | +
| Nov 13 - Nov 16 | + +15 | + +accessing portal site | +
| Nov 13 - Nov 16 | + +20 | + +Any artists interested in doing + a FreeBSD animated GIF banner? | +
| Nov 16 - Nov 19 | + +5 | + +Good BSD press in + feedmag | +
Here we have [Stanislav + Posonsky] asking us about the d¦mon logo, which he + refers to as an "impish creature", and whether or not we should + give up this "devilry" in favor of a more neutral symbol for our + logo/image.
+ +[Will Andrews] + replied, letting Stanislav know that this has been discussed + MANY times, and gave us a nice explanation of why + we like the d¦mon, and why we keep it.
+ +++ + + +It is not an impish creature. It's a daemon, which is a + generic name for a server process, such as Apache, or inetd, or + syslogd, etc. The fork the daemon wields refers to the fork() + system call. As you can see, there is no relationship between + Satanic images and our mascot. - [Will Andrews]
+
Well, it seems we still haven't stopped discussing why this + original post shouldn't have been Cc'd + to -advocacy. A few good quotes this week:
+ +++ +It's plain common sense to not Cc advocacy. Apart from the + unwanted implication that you're a spokesman for FreeBSD + advocacy, there is a danger of the recipient of your mail + getting submerged in a deluge of -advocacy replies. Luckily, + that didn't happen in this case. - [Rahul + Siddharthan]
+
++ + + +No, he's just trying to get you to stop sending email that + has the appearance of collusion with the FreeBSD Project. If + you want to send a "heads up" to a FreeBSD mailing list use BCC + so the person or company you're sending the mail to will not + misconstrue your message as coming from or being approved by the + FreeBSD Project or Advocacy group. - [Wes Peters]
+
We're still on the lookout for some new banner ads. This week's + unveilings:
+ + + +But, [Wes Peters] says:
+ +++ + + +Except it still doesn't have beastie doing the Macarena. + That would be cool.
+
[Dag-Erling Smorgrav sent us a + url + with this quote:
+ +++ +The underground's latest heroes are the directors of + software projects based on 4.4BSD Lite, the free operating + system pioneered at the University of California at Berkeley in + the late 1970s. The gratis software churned out by projects + like FreeBSD and OpenBSD is in arguably superior to most + mainstream Linux distributions, both in terms of security and + portability.
+
However, I declined to follow the link due to the bad reviews + that followed as replies. You decide for yourself.
+ +This conspectus expresses my understanding of what occurred on the + FreeBSD-advocacy mailing list during the specified week.
+ +Hey, I'm human... I may have made an error or two... If you think + this is the case, and/or that I have omitted some significant thread + or part of a thread, feel free to contact me via email.
+ + + +
