Winelfred G. Pasamba wrote: > On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Alec Joseph Rivera <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Winelfred G. Pasamba wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 9:38 PM, Alec Joseph Rivera > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > > > > Winelfred G. Pasamba wrote: > > > just wait till he discovers how many daemons there are in his > > system, hehe > > > > > > hope the non-satanic developers start renaming their > software from > > > 'daemons' to 'servers' like apache and postgresql > > > > > > > > They have been retained that way lest we forget our roots... :-) > > > > > > anyway what's the background history of naming servers that way? > > > It's funny, I've just blogged about this.. Quoting wikipedia: > > The term was coined by the programmers of MIT's Project MAC > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MAC>. They took the name from > Maxwell's demon <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell%27s_demon>, an > imaginary being from a famous thought experiment that constantly works > in the background, sorting molecules.^[2] > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_%28computer_software%29#cite_note-1> > Unix <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix> systems inherited this > terminology. Daemons > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_%28mythology%29> are also > characters in Greek mythology, some of whom handled tasks that the > gods > could not be bothered with. BSD > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Software_Distribution> and some > of its derivatives have adopted a daemon as its mascot > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_Daemon>, although this mascot is > actually a cute <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cute> variation of the > demons <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demon> which appear in Christian > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian> artwork. > > Majority of the terms and names of programs and utilities we use > everyday on Linux have their own history and reflects the > creativity and > witty playfulness of hackers (or of those who are of the same > mindset). > > > most of these servers are good software with a bad name :) > so they are actually sheep in wolves clothing > > so it's what the software does that's most important > it will help a lot if a lot of people are open minded and do some research first before passing comments :-) maybe that's what this really teaches. however, daemon's rough translation is 'spirit'.
maybe if a person isn't open minded and doesn't have what it takes to ask and love that knowledge, he is not for free/libre/open source philosophy. > but why maintain an evil-associated name for a good software? > and why do we have to explain these historical excuses to all our > students in operating systems every semester? > > medyo nakakahiya na tuloy i-promote ang linux sa isang christianong > bansa tulad satin. > history is history.. these little things aren't excuses, it's what makes the culture, the culture. it's the same as your little personality quirks contribute to who you are, without them you're just another zombie.. which is yet another term.. sir, no offense, but if one really wants to educate, he also have to work hard, research too on his part, and be proud regardless the prettiness or ugliness of the subject :-) that's the best example to a student.. our scholastic society nowadays is nothing more than a cut-copy-paste exercise.. please don't contribute to this, everyone.. kung sa pagiging christianong bansa rin naman ang pag-uusapan, walang maipagmamalaki ang Pilipinas dahil sa corruption. tapos sa 'daemon' lang na terminology ay mahihiya ako at iiwanan ko ang pinapaniwalaan ko sa napili kong prinsipyo... > > and if you translate daemon/demon into 1000 human languages, how many > will not resolve to something evil-associated? most of them will i guess > tasmanian devils deserved to be wiped out off the face of the earth.. they're devils.. hehehe. same banana... peace :-) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph -- Follow me: http://twitter.com/agirivera <http://twitter.com/agirivera> Invite as a friend: http://www.facebook.com/agirivera <http://www.facebook.com/agirivera> _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
