[ale] linux recommendations

[James Sumners]

Dude, I don't think they are at all related. The driving organization behind
Ubuntu Linux is Canonical Ltd. I can't find any link between ubuntu.org and the
other two. If the two were linked I think that they would at least share some
_similar_ registrant information but they are not even registered in the same
countries. In fact, the person that registered ubuntulinux.org founded HBD
Venture Capital (http://www.hbd.com/) and has a personal site at
http://www.markshuttleworth.com/ which doesn't seem to mention anything close to
what ubuntu.org stands for.

So, I am having a real hard time buying the statement that Ubuntu Linux hates
America.

#whois ubuntu.org
Domain ID:D87432965-LROR
Domain Name:UBUNTU.ORG
Created On:11-Jun-2002 14:00:45 UTC
Last Updated On:07-Dec-2003 02:42:34 UTC
Expiration Date:11-Jun-2005 14:00:45 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:CORE Internet Council of Registrars (R23-LROR)
Status:OK
Registrant ID:R23-1283148-PIR
Registrant Name:Ubuntu- World Forum Of Civil Society Networks
Registrant Organization:
Registrant Street1:C/ JORDI GIRONA, 31, ED. PL:001
Registrant City:Barcelona
Registrant State/Province:BARCELONA
Registrant Postal Code:ES-08034
Registrant Country:ES
Registrant Phone:+34.000000000
Registrant Email:UBUNTU at CATUNESCO.UPC.ES
Admin ID:R23-1283139-PIR
Admin Name:Ubuntu Ubuntu
Admin Organization:EUETIT
Admin Street1:C/ COLOM, 1
Admin City:Terrassa
Admin State/Province:BARCELONA
Admin Postal Code:ES-08222
Admin Country:ES
Admin Phone:+34.937398215
Admin Email:UBUNTU at CATUNESCO.UPC.ES
Tech ID:R23-1220553-PIR
Tech Name:Boris Martinez Suarez
Tech Organization:UPCnet S.L
Tech Street1:C/ Pedro y Pons 9
Tech City:Barcelona
Tech State/Province:SPAIN
Tech Postal Code:E-08034
Tech Country:ES
Tech Phone:+34.934016214
Tech FAX:+34.934012575
Tech Email:hostmaster at upcnet.es
Name Server:BACKUS.UPC.ES
Name Server:EULER.UPC.ES


#whois ubuntulinux.org
Domain ID:D104329623-LROR
Domain Name:UBUNTULINUX.ORG
Created On:11-May-2004 12:12:27 UTC
Last Updated On:16-Nov-2004 21:05:48 UTC
Expiration Date:11-May-2006 12:12:27 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Tucows Inc. (R11-LROR)
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Status:CLIENT UPDATE PROHIBITED
Registrant ID:tuxzJxt6HmC5zSik
Registrant Name:mark shuttleworth
Registrant Organization:MRS Virtual Development
Registrant Street1:55 Beauchamp Place
Registrant City:London
Registrant State/Province:London
Registrant Postal Code:SW31NY
Registrant Country:GB
Registrant Phone:+44.2078238538
Registrant Email:mshuttle at hbd.com
Admin ID:tuxzJxt6HmC5zSik
Admin Name:mark shuttleworth
Admin Organization:MRS Virtual Development
Admin Street1:55 Beauchamp Place
Admin City:London
Admin State/Province:London
Admin Postal Code:SW31NY
Admin Country:GB
Admin Phone:+44.2078238538
Admin Email:mshuttle at hbd.com
Tech ID:tuxDE679zTIXjKyC
Tech Name:Host Europe Technical
Tech Organization:Host Europe Internet Ltd
Tech Street1:Portland Street
Tech Street2:Beeston
Tech City:Nottingham
Tech State/Province:Nottinghamshire
Tech Postal Code:NG92LP
Tech Country:GB
Tech Phone:+44.1159170000
Tech FAX:+44.1158770213
Tech Email:webmaster at hosteurope.com
Name Server:NS0.INTERCITYUK.COM
Name Server:NS0.BLACKCATNETWORKS.CO.UK
Name Server:NS1.BLACKCATNETWORKS.CO.UK


On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 22:29:46 -0500
Mark Wright <mpwright at speedfactory.net> wrote:

> www.ubuntu.org
> 
> Will abundantly back up my comment to any middle of the road or 
> conservative.
> 
> If you are of the Liberal.. er, uh I mean Moderate political persuasion 
> then you would prefer hearing "The organization that sponsors Ubuntu 
> is, just like the United Nations, concerned with the political well 
> being of all nations and the environment in which we all exist and they 
> take an active political role in the world to promote their concern".
> 
> 
> I really didn't want to start a political discussion, just to point out 
> that the Ubuntu organization exists to further Liberal ideals.  That is 
> a bit unique among creators and maintainers of Open Source.   Not that 
> it is unique that they are Liberal but that they are a political 
> organization that just so happens to have their own distro.
> 
> I imagine Al Franken would want to know if his favorite distro was 
> rolled by and only available at RNC.com.


-- 
James Sumners
http://ug.dyndns.org/~jsumners/

"All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological
personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the
corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence, a
condition to which they are quickly addicted."

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