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Superstitious Users and the FreeBSD Logo

logo Brett Glass brett at lariat.net Wed Nov 30 02:30:04 UTC 2011 Everyone: I just got a call from the owner of a hotel for which we provide hotspot service. She says that a guest spotted the "Powered by FreeBSD" logo at the bottom of the login page, and was offended; the guest was convinced that either we or the hotel management "worshipped the Devil" and refused to stay at the hotel unless the logo was removed.

The owner could make no headway by explaining that the besneakered mascot was a cartoon character and was a daemon, not the Devil. The hotel stands to lose more than $1000 if the guest, who had originally planned to stay for a long period, moves out. One of our tech support people also got a call directly from the hotel guest, who claimed that having the logo on the page constituted "abuse."

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