Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 9th Feb 2005 12:42 UTC, submitted by n0dez
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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What I find really ironic is that the "enlightened" atheists are the least tolerant people, most hateful, self-righteous on this planet, and these "backwards" Christians are the foundation of freedom, acceptance and love in this world.
Atheists, buy yourself a clue. There are a lot of religious people in this world. They never got up in large numbers and tried to force their view on FreeBSD. These people merely might have been turned off by Beastie and FreeBSD so the FreeBSD team wants to make sure it isn't happening. I don't blame them either.
It is an OS, keep it neutral. If I never had heard about FreeBSD and was completely clueless about it, I would wonder why they have the "devil" there. And if you can't see why Christians are offended, let me give it to you another way. I wouldn't expect you to use an OS with Jesus with a big cross as a mascot with the slogan "carrying your burdens". And even if you did, wouldn't you wonder why they put religious symbols in an OS?