Re: Beastie/ how about Mozilla?

From: Rob (rob_at_pythonemproject.com)
Date: 11/29/04

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    Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 09:14:49 -0800
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    Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:

    > It is with a little intrepidation that I ask this question, because I
    > sense that what I am about to ask might push some buttons, or perhaps
    > bring back some unpleasant memories of those who have asked what I am
    > going to ask in a less tactful manner.
    >
    > I find that the beastie that appears at boot time with FreeBSD 5.3
    > mildly bothers me. It is possible for me to edit boot/beastie.4th,
    > but this gets put back each time I do make installworld.
    >
    > Would it be possible to add a variable "show_beastie" to be put in
    > /boot/loader.conf, which would default to "YES", but users could add
    > in show_beastie="NO" if they didn't want it, but only want the menu.
    >
    > I am sure that this is a sensitive subject with you guys, because I
    > know that you have no intention of associating FreeBSD with satanism
    > or anything like that. It is not my intention to apply any kind of
    > label of evil to you guys, indeed I find FreeBSD to be a very fine
    > operating system, and I use it all the time. But the symbol which is
    > commonly associated with the devil does cause me some discomfort, and
    > for example, if I were to install some kind of server for my church, I
    > think that it would bother them as well.
    >
    > I know that the the symbol of the beastie is strongly associated with
    > FreeBSD, and that it would be grossly unfair for me to ask for it to
    > be removed just because of my personal discomfort.
    >
    > That is why I am proposing the solution above. I think that it would
    > be easy to implement by anyone who knows Forth (presuming that the
    > loader.conf variables are known to the beastie.4th program), and that
    > this would not interfere at all with those who don't mind or enjoy the
    > beastie, but it would also help people like me in an unobtrusive manner.
    >
    > Best, Stephen
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    Hi, just had to comment on a related matter to this. I was talking to
    my doctor who is a rabbid christian. The subject came to browsers and I
    said "Why don't you try Mozilla?" His reply was "...I am a
    Christian..." Was the first time I have known of anyone being
    offended by a dragon ion. LOL.
    I forgot to tell him that he could change it to something he liked
    better. But it gives me shivers of joy just knowing how offensive free
    Unix is.

    Rob .
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