On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 07:07:53 -0400
Sean Davis <erplefoo@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 04:43:30 -0500, carnivorous@gmail.com
> <carnivorous@gmail.com> wrote:

> > I think, some people had mentioned that the daemon is often times
> > recognized as a FreeBSD specific icon, rather than a universal BSD
> > symbol. 
[...]
> I've heard that, too. It sounds like total BS to me. The daemon was a
> BSD symbol before FreeBSD existed. 

Well, all the more reason to have a new logo then - if the Demon is for 'BSD Generic' then it's only logical for each BSD to have its own unique logo to differentiate it from the others. 

> I'm just... I dunno, bothered that the core NetBSD folks are changing
> our logo in order to be politically correct (daemons are bad! only
> satanists use BSD!).

Demons may be more ambiguous but the present symbol is really a cartoon Devil, let's be honest. Bad is what the Devil represents, isn't it? Some people _like_ being bad, but is it really such a good image for a serious, mature product? In any case, let no one be under any  illusions - at the end of the day it's "the great and good" who will make the decision.

--
I used to be bad but I ain't gonna be bad no more...

						-- Paul McCartney