Hi, On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 9:57 PM, Swapnil Bhartiya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just learnt from a friend of mine that I should stop using Ubuntu as > Canonical is not contribiting to the developmemt of GNU/Linux systems as > compared to other players.
How do you define "contributing" ? If you define it in narrow terms like number of patches submitted to the kernel, then it is a biased view. >He also suggested that since most of its stuff, > or nothing, is upstream so we cant trust it. I am not quite sure what your friend is trying to say. How is trust affected by using upstream packages? > Also his argument was, being > run by one man, who may tomorrow change his mind and stop support to Ubuntu, > then what? > Firstly -> http://www.canonical.com/aboutus/team Granted it is not a publicly traded company as RedHat/Novell. But historically looking, all of these organizations were once privately held companies. Also, since it is free software, people can always fork if any single person disagrees/changes his mind. The replies on various blogs has been interesting. -Devendra Laulkar. -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([email protected]) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
