Hi, I may not be a Thai but my understanding is the foot is offensive not just to Thais but rest of the Tai-Kedai people also. The Thais are just but one group within the Tai-Kedai ethnicity although without doubt they are numerically speaking the largest. Other Tai-Kedai people include the Zhuang, Li, Laotians (for a complete listing, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tai_peoples). The whole sum i.e. potential target market comes up to be about ~105-110 million of them depending on which estimates you want to believe.
This may sound ludcicrous but I do know of some Thai friends who are from Bangkok as well as Isaan (i.e. north-eastern Thais who are ethnic Lao) and all said they would prefer not to use any operating system or DEs with a foot as its logo. Rgds, Shaun - Singaporean Chinese > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Theppitak Karoonboonyanan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Cultural Issue with the Foot Logo > Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:42:45 +0700 > > > On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 7:39 PM, Sharuzzaman Ahmat Raslan > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I come from Malaysia. I do understand about the cultural issue regarding > > foot in people especially in the South East Asia area. > > > > Currently, from my observation, there is no setback from people in Malaysia > > with the usage of foot as GNOME logo. Most of the people that are interested > > to use GNOME did not really care about the foot logo, but some do ask > > question why foot was chosen as the logo. > > Thanks for the information. Actually, I think people who are willing to > accept GNOME can accept its logo. But the problem I've been facing > is about introducing it to people who are totally new. And I'd say, > almost *everyone* I introduce GNOME to asks me the question, with > different levels of reactions. And repeatedly answering the question > over time becomes too much for me. I think I'm more happy to answer > technical or philosophical questions instead. > > > As for alternative of the foot logo, maybe GNOME team can come up with a > > simple "G" logo, that can be used for community that thinks foot is not nice > > to associated with. > > > > The same logo can then be used in the user interface, documentation, or > > other material when you are trying to introduce GNOME to them. > > Thanks for supporting the alternative logo, and for the suggestion. > > Regards, > -- > Theppitak Karoonboonyanan > http://linux.thai.net/~thep/ > -- > marketing-list mailing list > marketing-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list > -- _______________________________________________ Surf the Web in a faster, safer and easier way: Download Opera 9 at http://www.opera.com Powered by Outblaze -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list