Hans du Plooy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I don't understand why opensource proponents always have to resort to > some sort of derogatory name for something. Calling someone a weasel > has never been a compliment, and "ice" never has any positive > connotations either.
It's not some arbitrary combination of words, it's a reference to a famous cartoon by Matt Groenig, which has the following caption: Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra. Suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night the ice weasels come. --Nietzsche > It's rally childish. It's not the typical bland name you'd get from a large corporation, but that's OK. Debian is not a large corporation, and does not share their cultural blinders. -Miles -- Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has to be us. -- Jerry Garcia -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
