Oh, it might help if I provided the link to the article... http://m.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/shuttleworth-on-ubuntu-1104-linux-unity/8780
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 9:12 PM, Mike Connors <[email protected]> wrote: > If there's any truth to what's in this article than Unity and Linux > consumer-oriented desktop is the direction Shuttleworth plans to take > Ubuntu. > > => Shuttleworth opened by saying that the main point of Ubuntu 11.04 > with Unity was “to bring the joys and freedoms and innovation and > performance and security that have always been part of the Linux > => platform, to a consumer audience.” > > It also says that Ubuntu did do R&D with real users, they borrowed > what worked from MS Win and Mac OS and then added "bold innovative" > evolutionary developments of their own. > > => How did Canonical do it? Shuttleworth explained that it was a > combination of user design testing with professional design work. “We > committed to test and iterate Unity’s design with real users, and > =>evolve it based on those findings. > => Humble, because we have borrowed consciously from the work of other > successful platforms, like Windows and Mac OS. We borrowed what worked > best, but then we took advantage of the fact that we => are > unconstrained by legacy and can innovate faster than they can, and > took some bold leaps forward. > > Sounds like a recipe for disaster. > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
