Women in Burkas

[John Harvey]

Ubuntu is targeted at all users and that includes busines.  there are
many of us here who have been promoting the product within business but
its not just business

this imagery will be unacceptable in most if not all of the middle east,
large parts of asia, africa and in workplaces, schools, libraries and
other places in the west.

Sure it looks nice, im using it myself and i think a modified version
(some clothes perhaps) might be aceptable but you need to consider that
Ubuntu has so many advangates that making a decision that would cut off
a large user base from it right now could be disastrous.  If you take
out those users then what are you left with ?  and if you only go after
the home user and geek contingent then you already have some stiff
established competitors to work against.

I cannot conceive how someone can work to make a useable and elegant OS
with a smallish footprint and minimal bloat which makes it perfect for
business and then turn around and shoot that in the foot with bad
thinking.

On Sun, 2004-10-17 at 19:57 -0400, s.roman wrote:
> well, i dont think ubuntu is targetted at a corporate environment
> anyways. dont have an answer for ur religious concerns though.
> 
> 
> > On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 18:27:06 -0500, Nitebirdz <nitebirdz at sacredchaos.com> wrote:
> > > On Sat, Oct 16, 2004 at 12:54:33AM -0400, s.roman wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I would also like to extend my support of the Ubuntu themes... and
> > > > find it completely inoffensive
> > > >
> > >
> > > I also find it inoffensive, and actually like it so much that it's what
> > > I use on my computer at home.  Yes, I have three children, and I simply
> > > cannot see how they are going to be affected negatively by seeing those
> > > pictures.  Still, this is clearly *not* an issue of whether you or me
> > > find the theme offensive.  The reality is that quite a few people out
> > > there will find them offensive due to whatever moral or religious
> > > beliefs they may have.  There is no reason for me not to choose a
> > > different *default* theme and allow other people the freedom to install
> > > this other theme if they so wish.  The way I see it, it's just respect
> > > for the convictions of others.  For the same reason, I wouldn't choose a
> > > default theme that displays a large Christian cross (or any other
> > > religious or political symbol) either.
> > >
> > > Also, keep in mind that quite a few institutions have certain policies
> > > about what can and cannot be used as a background theme for the systems
> > > in their networks.  Again, while I do like the theme for my home
> > > computer I will definitely not run it on my company desktop or laptop
> > > systems.
> > >
> > > ----------------
> > > Nitebirdz
> > > http://www.sacredchaos.com/
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > >
> > > ubuntu-users mailing list
> > > ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> > > http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
> > >
> >
> 
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