Re: [guadec-list] Keynote thoughts

[Joaquim Rocha <jrocha igalia com>]

Hey Germán,

On 02/09/2012 01:14 AM, Germán Póo-Caamaño wrote:
> FWIW, Maddog gave a keynote during the 3rd GUADEC (Seville 2002).

Alright. I wasn't aware of that.

> As a side note, I can not recall if that what the time when he tried to
> convince people to adopt a new logo or a mascot.  His rationale was the
> foot is not good for marketing: nobody can hug a foot, you can not name
> it, a foot is not neutral everywhere (he said a foot can be extremely
> insulting in Thailand), etc.

Well, I see how that can upset some people in GNOME but I don't see it 
as an argument not to invite a great speaker like he is. Also, he was a 
KDE user and now AFAIK he uses GNOME.


Cheers,

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Joaquim Rocha