Re: New Logo - http://logo-contest.freebsd.org/result/

From: Lars Eighner (eighner_at_io.com)
Date: 11/02/05 

Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 05:27:54 -0600

In our last episode,
<slrndmfr1g.c38.slunky@ukato.freeshell.org>,
the lovely and talented slunky
broadcast on comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:

> On 2005-11-01, jfathman@aol.com <jfathman@aol.com> wrote this gem:
>> I was hoping for something new that I would not be embarassed to leave
>> visible in my office, but given the choice, I would just keep Beastie.

> No kidding. At least it's open to change on my system. The new logo will
> never be FreeBSD to me.

It is really about cratering to religious fascists. No amount
of pettifogging about "mascots" and "logos" will cover that up.
How long until evolution is banned on FreeBSD? 

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