Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 9th Feb 2005 12:42 UTC, submitted by n0dez
FreeBSD Unfortunately, the cute FreeBSD daemon is sometimes treated with misunderstanding in the religious and cultural context. That's why The FreeBSD Project is announcing a public competition for the new logo design. You can find the rules of the competition in this document. Update: There is now a petition to keep Beastie, however FreeBSD's own Robert Watson emailed us to inform us that they are "seeking a new logo, but not a new mascot", so that petition is really reduntant. Update 2: Rob Watson writes:
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Religion out of control!
by Bas on Wed 9th Feb 2005 15:00 UTC

I wholeheartedly agree with one of the previous posters about church furniture. I don't mess with their churches, they shouldn't mess with our OS! No reason to replace the most brilliant mascott I ever saw attached to a quintessential server OS. Man, these are computers we're talking about, it's not like it's Marilyn Manson or something ;-)))