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[Martin Pitt]

Hi!

flubie [2004-10-14 10:20 +0200]:
> > The problem is not that the pictures itself are too offensive for a
> > western culture (they are scandalous in Islamic and Jewish
> > countries, but that's another story), the problem is that the very
> > first impression I (and possibly many other folks) get is: "Hey, they
> > took Debian, put a few chicks in the theme and hope that it sells
> > because of this". Western cultures are so fed up with nudity pictures
> > that every commercial that uses it is commonly disregarded.
> > 
> > Ubuntu shall become a great distro because it excels in functionality,
> > ease of installation and usage, and universality. Not because it has
> > the most nude default pictures. They just do not belong onto a
> > professional Desktop.
> > 
> > Martin
> > 
> 
> 
> Is it an official statement of Canonical  ?  :)

No, this is my very own personal opinion. :-( Mark has the final word
for this.

But if it relieves you: this is currently discussed on ubuntu-devel,
let's see what the consensus will be.

Martin

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