So, the thing in FreeBSD logo is clearly considered to represent personalized evil by a lot of people. Denying the significance of this meaning is stupid and counter-productive.
Some of people take the issue of opposing evil very seriously and personally. As we all should (according to our understanding) -- whether it is poverty, poisoning of air and water, unethical business practices, corrupt officials, etc.
Now I believe the main cause that this story made the news is the 1000$ (potential?) loss for the hotel and some other demands from the customer. Other than that I doubt it would be considered important by the many people posting here.
The customer is called "superstitious". It is also noted that the customer and the complaining hotel owner are both women, while the ISP owner and his tech support person are both male. So we see the cliché of superstitious and irrational women against calm and rational men.
So yeah... ignoring the obvious, looking down on people based on their religious beliefs and sex, ignoring them unless the issue involves money...
Get over it. If you want more people to like FreeBSD -- change the logo. If you won't -- don't complain.
As much as USofA political and religious fundamentalism (on all sides) amuses and entertains me, a couple of things make me take it seriously:
1. USA has a very strong political power and exports its culture.
2. I am old enough to have witnessed the effects of state atheism personally and directly in my country. Atheism can be as stupid and evil as any other religion.
It's an image of a daemon not "the devil". Demons are only religious when used in a religious context. Demons also exist in the fantasy world of mythical creatures with fairies, witches, wizards, monsters, angels, dragons, vampires etc.
The idea of the devil in hell with a pitchfork is not from religious doctrine. It's used in satire as a caricature of the devil, witch or insert [evil creature].
Speaking of bullshit in threads - you're projecting your own issues and not actually reading the account at hand. The female hotel manager is given tech credit in the story - she knows that BSD code is in many tech products, but weighed it up and decided not to tell the hotel guest. Nothing superstitious or irrational about the manager's conduct.
First of all the logo: http://www.google.com/search?q=devil&tbm=isch Clearly an image of the devil. The pitchfork strengthens this meaning: http://www.symbols.com/old/encyclopedia/05/051.html
What is the devil?: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil
So, the thing in FreeBSD logo is clearly considered to represent personalized evil by a lot of people. Denying the significance of this meaning is stupid and counter-productive.
Some of people take the issue of opposing evil very seriously and personally. As we all should (according to our understanding) -- whether it is poverty, poisoning of air and water, unethical business practices, corrupt officials, etc.
Now I believe the main cause that this story made the news is the 1000$ (potential?) loss for the hotel and some other demands from the customer. Other than that I doubt it would be considered important by the many people posting here.
The customer is called "superstitious". It is also noted that the customer and the complaining hotel owner are both women, while the ISP owner and his tech support person are both male. So we see the cliché of superstitious and irrational women against calm and rational men.
So yeah... ignoring the obvious, looking down on people based on their religious beliefs and sex, ignoring them unless the issue involves money...
Get over it. If you want more people to like FreeBSD -- change the logo. If you won't -- don't complain.