Re: Changes in formal naming for NetBSD porting effort(s)
On Sat, Dec 13, 2003 at 04:27:27PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
>> > Debian FreeBSD -> Debian Forneus (BSD)
>> > Debian NetBSD -> Debian Naberius (BSD)
>> > Debian OpenBSD -> Debian Orobos (BSD)
On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 12:02:44PM -0500, Nathan Hawkins wrote:
>> I'm not opposed to anything else you've said. I do believe these
>> particular names are a bad idea, however. One of the reasons the BSD
>> mascot is considered "cute" is that it has no real connection with
>> demons, in name, or otherwise. Which to people of several religions are
>> _not_ cute.
Joel Baker, 2003-12-14 19:20:08 +0100 :
> Feel free to propose alternatives from, say, the origional mythology which
> spawned the concept of daemons as beings which were not inherently good or
> evil, then.
I'll suggest Offler (or Om), Foorgol (I don't like Fate) and, um,
some other god coming out of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels,
preferably whose name starts with an N.
Or something like that.
Roland.
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Roland Mas
Why did the elephant cross the road?
Because it was the chicken's day off.
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