FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Re: OBOS new name

["Brent Miszalski" <misza@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> one thing i heard once ... a christian school wouldn't allow the IT 
> staff to
> install FreeBSD because of the logo - a little devil.
> 
> whilst to most normally ppl ... you wouldn't care - they objected !

lol, only in Australia ;)

Anyway, Glad to see the votes are being tallied.
Most of the hostility with people objecting the names (at face value) 
was quit Immature imho. When we have a name, after a while it may grow 
on us, try one out, if it's not right, we choose another one. 
We'll create our own beautiful connotation for out new name :-)

> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "grayshade" <grayshade@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 9:21 PM
> Subject: [openbeos] Re: OBOS new name
> 
> 
> > > I'd strongly advice against putting the actual animal, should 
> > > "Mantis"
> or
> > >  "Firefly" come out as winners, prominently into the logo. The 
> > > official
> > logo should
> > >  be businesslike and no-nonsense as you don't want to give 
> > > professionals
> > the
> > >  feeling they work with a geek OS of some crazy adolescent 
> > > hackers.
> >
> > freebsd has such a cute daemon in its logo, and professionals 
> > _don't_ feel
> > like they're playing with "a geek OS of some crazy adolescent 
> > hackers".
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 


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