Ubuntu = The Best Distro In The World -- For No One!

[Net Llama!]

On Tue, 15 Aug 2006, Kurt Wall wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 08:48:19PM -0600, Collins Richey wrote:
>> Fora slightly more balanced presentation (Q&A) that doesn't start from
>> the premise "Ubutu sucks", but seeks to explain the recent successes,
>> try
>>
>> http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/linux/2006/0814linux1.html
>>
>> I don't find any overabundance of ego in the discussion.
>
> ..nor an overabundance of information, IMHO. Not a bad article, but if
> Ubuntu's differentiating features come down to the community that has
> developed around it, I think many on this list will recall that Caldera
> had an active and committed (albeit small) community clustered around
> it and it still ended up going the way of the dodo and the Edsel. My
> point being that "community" isn't a viable foundation for a business
> plan.

Agreed.  I'm still wondering exactly what Shuttleworth's real business 
plan is.  He can't fund it out of pocket indefinitely, and right now, 
that's about all I see on the horizon.

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