On 04/25/2010 07:29 PM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 11:05:38 -0700 > Bruce<kd7...@gmail.com> dijo: > > >> I would like some comment from your vast pool of experience as to what >> this writer said. Most of my curiosity stems from the latter half of >> this article. Pointers to articles, other distros, etc. are all >> welcomed. If they come with your observations or opinions, so much >> the better. >> >> http://www.ghabuntu.com/2010/04/where-is-ubuntu-going-to.html >> > The author of that article is mostly misguided and has failed to > understand a lot of things. Someone decided that the Gimp wouldn't fit > on the CD unless other more important stuff was eliminated. You can > always install it yourself. Ditto for just about all the other > complaints. > > As for Shuttleworth saying that Ubuntu is not a democracy, well, that's > true of most distros. There is frequently one key person who started the > distro and keeps it afloat. That person decides what will be included > and what will not. In fact, I think Ubuntu responds to user input > better than many. And if you're worried about a for-profit corporation > owning the distro, then you'd better stay away from Mandriva, OpenSuse, > Fedora, and several others. > > I lived happily with Ubuntu for my first several years in Linux, > although today I use Fedora 11. I take my hat off to Ubuntu. > Shuttleworth's big claim to fame is that he said several years ago that > it was time for Linux on the desktop. Considering the massive user base > of Ubuntu, he was right. Hardly anyone else had the gumption to target > the desktop user base. The success of Ubuntu has brought millions of > new users to Linux. How can that be bad for Linux? If Shuttleworth > thinks he is entitled to maintain control of the distro, I'm happy to > let him. > > There always seems to be a group who think that if someone is > successful they must have done something wrong to get there. I don't > know Shuttleworth, but I have met the man and heard him speak. I also > know his story. He's OK in my book. > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > I don't begrudge anybody their success. Fact of the matter is I admire those that are successful.
Bill Gates and Linus Torvold (sp?) started out in a very similar fashion. Bill with DOS in his garage, Linus in college. Two similar products, different paths, look what they became. I started with Linux due to a moral issue. It was pointed out to me that by agreeing with the EULA I was partnering with the world's most well known criminals. The argument has been made that Microsoft should have been dismantled by RICO statute some time back. I liked what Mark Shuttleworth stands for and what he is doing. I was just concerned by what that article said about decisions becoming political and wondered if the 'buntus would go the way that Microsoft did. I still like (K)Ubuntu! I don't like what KDE has become and may change to Ubuntu. I may well take some of the suggestions in this thread and work/learn with something else for a time. This is one of the things I think FOSS is all about. The opportunity to choose what you want to work with, for the reasons you choose. Bruce _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug