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FreeBSD Announces Contest To Replace Daemon Logo

Posted by timothy on from the but-the-daemon-rocks dept.

An anonymous reader submits "The FreeBSD core team has announced a public competition to design a new logo to replace the current BSD daemon logo. The new logo will be used on the FreeBSD website, software media labels, printed media, hardware equipment, and more. The winner of the contest will receive $500." It's too early for an April Fool's Joke; according to the contest page, "this daemon character seems cute from somebody's point of view, but somebody may think which does not suit for the professional products to indicate that are using the FreeBSD inside."

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  1. A True Shame by Nimrangul · · Score: 5, Insightful
    It's a shame, NetBSD I can understand, there may be some confusion when both BSDs use the same "daemony" logo style, but the other BSDs have all moved away from beastie.

    The religious issue I cannot believe actually warrents changing the logo and I see nothing particularly unprofessional about the daemon.

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    1. Re:A True Shame by Tet · · Score: 5, Insightful
      I see nothing particularly unprofessional about the daemon.

      Indeed. As if proof were needed, having a fat penguin as a logo doesn't seem to have done Linux any harm. I fail to see how that could be more professional than a daemon...

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    2. Re:A True Shame by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

      * The logo must not exploit or offend a person's sex, race,
      religion, morality, culture , nor be salacious or
      pornographic.

      In other words: the logo may not actually represent anything, because it would offend someone. In fact, it cannot even contain the name "FreeBSD," because that is demeaning to the other versions of BSD which are no less free.
  2. So let me get this straight by Stanistani · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's OK for football teams, canned ham spread, and vacuum cleaners, but not for an operating system?

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    1. Re:So let me get this straight by Dutchmaan · · Score: 4, Insightful

      football teams (watched in the home)
      canned ham spread (eaten in the home)
      vacuum cleaners (used in the home)

      While I have no real problem with the BSD daemon, to me it doesn't *feel* like a professional branding, and lets face it..no matter what the underlying technology there is something to the image of a product when decisions are made.. just look at Apple for proof of that.

  3. Slippery Slope... by 4of12 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Practically, I can see where the horned devil might make certain religious people uncomfortable.

    But if you're going down that road, then you might as well steer clear of offending other religions world-wide. That's right, no pigs, camels, or graven image idols, etc.

    Consider how many Jews and Muslims have avoided learning Perl because of the offensive beast on the cover of the O'Reilly book!

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    1. Re:Slippery Slope... by EulerX07 · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Practically, I can see where the horned devil might make certain religious people uncomfortable.

      You know, this makes me think. Iran vs USA, which country is the most fanatical, paranoid, religious country?

  4. Yeah, what's wrong with Beastie? by Omega · · Score: 5, Insightful
    ...according to the contest page, "this daemon character seems cute from somebody's point of view, but somebody may think which does not suit for the professional products to indicate that are using the FreeBSD inside."
    And this somebody would be a dumbass. Seriously, Beastie has been around for almost 2 decades and has represented the "professional" side of BSD for all that time.

    This is truly sad. I can just imagine the new logo being along the same lines as the crap parodied by eNormicom.

  5. Political corectness rears its head. by Vellmont · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We don't hear much about the PC of the right, but this is it. PC has long been associated with idiotic bending-over-backwards to not offend causes that the left likes (minorities, disabled, etc). This seems a prime example of an organization bending to the whims of the right.

    It seems just like Fox changing the name "Best damn superbowl roadshow" to "Best darn superbowl roadshow"

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  6. For fuck's sake! by Lord+Kano · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "this daemon character seems cute from somebody's point of view, but somebody may think which does not suit for the professional products to indicate that are using the FreeBSD inside."

    I'm sick and tired of everything in the tech world needing to be made palatable to suits and PHBs.

    I realize that complaining about it will be about as effective as trying to hold back the tides with a sheet of plywood, but that doesn't mean that we have to like it or accept it quietly.

    LK

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  7. Why BSD is Better.... by namalc · · Score: 3, Insightful

    http://www.xs4all.nl/~marcone/bsdversuslinux.html

  8. Re:Oh, come on by EvilAlien · · Score: 4, Insightful
    That's petty.

    Is a stylized window frame logo any better? How about an apple with a chunk missing? Quit trying to make an objection to a devil sound like it is rational. Even if you aren't actually offended and disturbed, you ought to be ashamed for catering to the morons and idiots who are.

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