Who gets to decide that there's enough diversity? :P
I think Gnome will push even without Canonical mostly behind them. It is more likely that Unity or its design ideas will get pushed back to more conventional desktop environments, as I heard last time that Unity is for the Netbook Edition. On Oct 26, 2010 10:55 PM, "Ian Dexter R. Marquez" <iandex...@gmail.com> wrote: > Still, Shuttleworth's pronouncement was pretty sensational. ;) > > Some would regard this decision (Unity vs GNOME Shell) as ultimately a > fork, an idea that further (IMHO) exacerbates the perception that > Canonical is not contributing enough to core GNOME functionality. > GNOME's focus right now is to revamp the desktop experience, and with > Canonical working essentially on their own on Unity, GNOME will be > losing the much-needed feedback from Ubuntu's user base, and skills > from Canonical's experienced engineers. > > (I don't want this to boil down to an "us vs them" debate -- anyone > miss KDE vs GNOME vs Xfce vs whatever? Didn't think so.) > > Bottom line: it was a business decision for Canonical. They want > market differentiation for the Ubuntu brand, and it's well within > their right to decide what's best for their users. In the end, the > free software community would have to decide which to support more. > Diversity is good, but not too much. :) > > > On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 18:11, Zak B. Elep <zak...@gmail.com> wrote: >> That's sjvn for you. He just loves to sensationalize. >> >> On Oct 26, 2010 12:05 PM, "Allan E. Registos" >> <allan.regis...@smpc.steniel.com.ph> wrote: >>> Actually as one commentator pointed this out, the title is SJVN's article >>> is misleading, it is not a departure from "GNOME" which is the desktop, but >>> from the default shell of Gnome. Unity can be understood as a counterpart or >>> another alternative of "Gnome Shell" which runs on top of Gnome. >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Stephen Piana" <stephen.pi...@gmail.com> >>> To: "Mailing List para sa Ubuntu Pilipinas (Philippines)" >>> <ubuntu-ph@lists.ubuntu.com> >>> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 9:15:21 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-PH] SJVN reports that "Ubuntu changes its desktop >>> from GNOME to Unity" >>> >>> update >>> >>> found this: >>> http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/10/25/ubuntu-11-04-to-ship-unity/ :D >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Stephen Piana < stephen.pi...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Hhhhmm... "users want Unity as their primary desktop."? now that's funny. >>> :p >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Allan E. Registos < >>> allan.regis...@smpc.steniel.com.ph > wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> At least for the 11.04 release. Here is the link: >>> >>> http://blogs.computerworld.com/17224/ubuntu_changes_its_desktop_from_gnome_to_unity >>> Any thoughts? >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ubuntu-ph mailing list >>> ubuntu-ph@lists.ubuntu.com >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ph >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Don't Mess With The TeNsAi!!! >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Don't Mess With The TeNsAi!!! >>> >>> -- >>> ubuntu-ph mailing list >>> ubuntu-ph@lists.ubuntu.com >>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ph >> >> -- >> ubuntu-ph mailing list >> ubuntu-ph@lists.ubuntu.com >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ph >> >> > > > > -- > Ian Dexter R. Marquez > http://iandexter.com > > -- > ubuntu-ph mailing list > ubuntu-ph@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ph
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