If he came in 2002, maybe he could talk about what 10 years of differnce
makes?

On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Joaquim Rocha <[email protected]> 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.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
> Joaquim Rocha
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