A Call to Boycott Ubuntu? An Important Discussion Thread

[David Gerard]

2009/9/25 Odd <iodine at runbox.no>:
> David Gerard wrote:

>> My thoughts? I ended up on this list because of the most prominent
>> previous incident where the Code of Conduct proved purely decorative
>> when it came to Canonical and sexism.
>> While Mark Shuttleworth is undoubtedly a fine fellow, this is an
>> example of the fish rotting from the head down.
>> Boycotting Ubuntu is unlikely, but this shit still rankles.

> Maybe he has some experience trying to explain it to
> women that didn't go well. Still, it was a dumb thing to say,
> but we are allowed to screw up once in a while. It's not a
> big deal to me.


If it weren't for the slanderous emails sent to me from employees'
Canonical email addresses about participants in last time round, I'd
hope he'd just graciously accept the cluebatting. I still do, but that
means I hold out less hope.


- d.