Community response of new ubuntu artwork

nburns nburns at gmail.com
Thu Oct 14 00:39:35 UTC 2004


On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 16:50:38 -0700, Somnonaut <somnonaut at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 00:09:58 +0100, Mark Shuttleworth <mark at hbd.com> wrote:
> > I'm aware the images might be controversial. So is any work of art.
> 
> 
> That's a pretty specious claim, and the idea that Ubuntu might be a
> vehicle for social change is naive.
> 
> Your sig states "Building a Desktop OS for the 21st century." Whose
> 21st century? Those who simply want to use their PCs without relying
> on Microsoft technology, or those who want to be confronted (and as
> you imply, challenged) with questionable "art"?
> 
> I'll let you guess which approach will garner the most customers.
> 
> 
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I personally think that people are getting too sensitive about this. 
Reading these emails, I thought the pictures were going to be a lot
worse than they actually are.  I would have no problems using these
pictures in any setting (even work if needed) as they aren't sexual in
the least.  But then again, that's just my opinion.

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