On Tue, 13 Jan 2004, Chuck Yerkes wrote:

> > From: Luke Mewburn <lukem@NetBSD.org>
> > To: netbsd-announce@NetBSD.org
> > Subject: NetBSD logo design competition
> ...
> > The NetBSD Foundation is retiring the existing NetBSD daemon identity
> > and is adopting a new logo.  To that end we are launching an
> ...
> > The following problems have been identified with the current identity:
> >     *	Too complicated.
> >     *	Hard to reproduce.
> >     *	Has negative cultural, and religious ramifications.
> > 
> > Some suggested themes for the new identity include:
> >     *	An animal character such as the Linux `Tux' penguin (4) or
> > 	Darwin `Hexley' platypus (2).
> >     * 	An abstract symbol conveying the goals and spirit of open source
> > 	technology.
> >     *	A logo based on the letter-forms of the organization name (NetBSD).
> 
> 
> A daemon:  A pre-christian helper spirit (more or less).
> 
> The church was big on subverting local beliefs, symbols and
> holidays into their own (no biblical scholar believes that the
> man called christ was born mid-winter, but between solstice
> and saturnalia, it's a fine time to move the holiday too).
> 
> Don't like McKusick and Lassiter's little beastie?  (bsd?  beastie?
> get it?)  Suck it up.

NetBSD is getting PC... I'll keep a local copy of the daemon, and retain
it on my machines... I never dreamt that PC was the way to go... :-)

	Johnny

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