[ubuntu-uk] Beards and sandals (was: Hampshire)

[Ian Betteridge]

Thankfully, free software has slightly more "respectable" looking
poster boys these days!

- http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/business/11ubuntu.html

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 12:31 PM, David King <linuxman at avoura.com> wrote:
> I know what you mean about the beard and sandals. Just look at a picture
> of Richard Stallman -- would you trust a man who looks like that to
> create your OS?
>
> Stallman has done much for the free software movement, and I respect him
> greatly (for his ideas), but for a newcomer who might see his picture,
> his lack of visits to the barber might well be very off-putting, and
> gives computing in general a kind of elitist hippy image that the
> average person in the street would do anything to avoid.
>
> There is no reason why a person who is friendly with barbers should not
> also be good with Ubuntu or running a LUG. I have never been to a LUG,
> but mostly because I do not have the time, and their meetings take place
> in the evening, when I am working.
>
> Hopefully most people who want to use Ubuntu will see it and its users
> in a positive light (regardless of facial hair and footwear).
>
>
> David King
>
>
> piskie wrote:
>> I didn't even know about it to be honest. Looked around for a local LUG
>> last year and didn't get far at the time so gave up, probably due to the
>> last time I looked - which was I hasten to add a long time ago - I found
>> one that was very 'beard and sandles' :)
>>
>> I won't be able to make this one - but once I get a bit of time, I'll
>> try to make the next soton one.
>>
>> piskie
>>
>>
>>
>
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