On Thu, 2012-02-09 at 10:43 +0100, Joaquim Rocha wrote: > 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. Please, do not get me wrong. It was a side note, an anecdote. I never said people got upset and I did not imply that. Neither I wanted to imply we should not invite him. I think is better to keep my mouth closed. -- Germán Póo-Caamaño http://people.gnome.org/~gpoo/
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