[ale] Canonical makes Apple look so good... (but at least they aren't SUSE)

[Damon L. Chesser]

On Thu, 2011-03-10 at 21:39 -0500, arxaaron wrote:
> Like several others, I don't see much reason for all the fussing and
> fuming and badmouthing over totally petty dispute that seems to
> be pretty broadly misrepresented in these commentaries.
> 
> Overall, Ubuntu & Canonical have done a great deal of good for the
> community by providing a cohesive branding and a visibility to
> consumers that has always been sorely missing from the Linux world.
> I think Mark Shuttleworth is sincere in his efforts to make Linux a  
> viable
> consumer choice in the market and is generally respectful of the FLOSS
> community principles, even though he may not fully understand how
> to adhere to the accepted standards of practice for FLOSS development.
> The community will educate him in time or Ubuntu will evolve into
> something different.
> 
> Also, look at the up side....
> 
> At least Canonical is still a far cry from being as bad a sell out as  
> SUSE.
> 
> Much as I hate the mega-ego-maniacal Steve Jobs, emulating Apple's
> proprietary schemes is still infinitely preferable to cutting deals  
> with Mafia$oft.
> 
> peace
> aaron

Aaron,

Mark this day!  We agree (aside from liking beer and hanging out with
Linux geeks).
> 
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Damon
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