Hi,
On 07/29/2010 10:33 PM, Shamit Verma wrote:
The only reason, I even replied was to dispel the mistaken notion that Ubuntu does anything community related. Ubuntu is a bad community member.
Users can't care less about this aspect. For them, OS is like AC in the car.
Most of them would not even care which brand of AC is used as long as it works AND can be repaired by service centers.
Well, that's not the point I was trying to make. My comment was not about what users want. For a lot of people, even windows works (for a certain definition of works). The problem with Ubuntu is they don't give back. They might be popular but they not only disregard the spirit of the game (which is the whole point of FOSS -- *collective* growth and innovation) but also openly and hypocritically position themselves as champions of the cause.
Ubuntu cannot even claim to be strapped for resources. Please take a look at this:
http://lwn.net/Articles/247582/ http://blogs.gnome.org/bolsh/2010/07/28/gnome-census/
...forget Red Hat, Sun, IBM, Novell and the other big names, I am willing to bet you would not have heard of all the names there that contribute more than Ubuntu does. You would not even have guessed that companies like Nokia, Oracle and Netapp contribute more than Ubuntu does. It doesn't take much to gain the respect of the community, but cannonical would rather spend resources on PR than working with the community. They are your typical leacher ...only at a larger scale.
Anyways, enough ranting. As I said, I don't want Ubuntu fanbois to get their knickers in a knot.
cheers, - steve