On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 9:36 PM, Karanbir Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gaurav Mishra wrote: > > IMO >> Canonical and Ubuntu brought Linux Desktop OS in mainstream atleast in >> my part of country. 100% of newbies and 80% desktop users i know use >> ubuntu. > > really ? did you look ? how many open source projects have they been > working on that are now gold ? > about a year or so back, that would have been true in a lot of areas, > Almost everyone that I know who has used something else, then used > ubuntu is now back to using something else. One thing that you do have > to give Ubuntu is that they did create a lot of market noise, no one > doubts that. The point on hand is that they need to do more than just that. >
It`s not about number of projects , It`s about complete package , usability and experience they provide. Go through this http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/162 to understand , Why ? and what ? canonical is doing. -- Thanks and Regards Gaurav Mishra Linux User #348873 http://gauravmishra.info/blog "When i can run , i will run , When i can walk , i will walk, When i can crawl , i will crawl. But i will not stop moving forward" _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
