Re: mascot or symbol of OpenBSD

matti christensen wrote:
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> i have seen some other silly issues on this list ( many of them my own

Same reason the the others don't have a cute (but heavily armed) Blowfish mascot. 8-)

If you look at the artwork pages:

    http://www.openbsd.org/art1.html
or at the order page (*hint* *hint*)

    http://www.openbsd.org/orders.html
you will see there WAS a history of using a d(a)emon character (though not always "cute") in the art, but around the 2.6 release, the mascot changed/evolved to the blowfish now used...

Hey, different is fun. 8-)

OpenBSD is very definitely not based on "they do it, therefor, we shall too". A bit of distinction is a good thing. This way, when someone says "Well, in Linux/FreeBSD/NetBSD it is done this way", we can skin them alive with clear conscience that it wasn't an easy to understand mistake. 8-)

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Different project, different goals, WHY NOT have different graphics? 8-)

Nick.

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