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

[Net Llama!]

On Tue, 15 Aug 2006, Collins Richey wrote:
>> From everything I've read, his "business" plan is two-three fold:
>
> 1. He really does want to offer the best community-involved desktop
> system on the planet. Maybe that's ego driven, but if it works, I'm
> all for it.

He fails to realize that you can't buy a community.

> 2. He wants to prove that a Debian-based system can fit into a
> commercial, "enterprise" server environment. A tough nut to crack,
> since commercial enterprises want to buy someone to kick around when
> they haven't got the smarts to make it work. You don't have to
> convince me that a Debian-based system would be plenty reliable, but
> the commercial goons won't touch it until they do have someone to kick
> around. That leads to number three.

HP just announced that they're going to support/ship Debian on their 
servers.  That says something about Ubuntu, although likely not what you 
want to hear.

> Meanwhile, I'm basically in the yeah-sayer rather than the nay-sayer
> camp. I say more power to him. I can ignore the hype about Ubuntu, but
> I get really tired of the personal attacks (like the article that
> started this thread) that don't really accomplish anything more useful
> or have any more substance than simple one-liners "Ubuntu sucks!
> Shuttleworth sucks!"

Its not any different than your "Ubuntu rocks! Shuttlesworth rocks!" 
mantra.

> I can find plenty of nits to pick with Ubuntu, even though I like it
> quite well, but the proper place to do that is on Launchpad (the bug
> reporting system) or on developer lists with specifics rather than
> posting smarmy DOTM (diarrhoea of the mouth) put downs on
> Slashdot-type sites.

In case you forgot, I went the 'blessed' route, and got no response from 
the "paid" Ubuntu developers.  I've also been on a call with Mr. 
Shuttlesworth, where he went on a lengthy rant about his goals for Ubuntu. 
The man has no grasp of reality, and is purely ego driven.  That is rarely 
a recipe for success.

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