On Dec 7, 2007 4:17 AM, Przemysław Kulczycki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There's a nice article on the net: > Dethroning Ubuntu -- What Would It Take? > http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/article.php/31771_3714986_1 > It talks about strong and weak points of Ubuntu and about making a > successful product in general. > It could be added to the next UWN.
I agree it is an interesting article, but I wouldn't call it nice simply because it has some major holes. Most of the discussion of pre-installed Linux is somewhat correct but the the key thing to remember that is most hardware manufacturers are currently throwing Linux at the wall to see what sticks. I widely expect there to be consolidation in the next year or so. Building a good OS is hard and expensive work. This is where Ubuntu Mobile can come in. I suspect that the UI for Ubuntu Mobile would work great on an Asus EEE, for instance. The 2nd major gap covers that of other Linux distros. He talks about lot of technical matters and ignores the community and the very sucessful community building aspects that surround Ubuntu. It is a major reason for our success. You will note how OpenSUSE and Fedora are copying large parts of our community infrastructure, because it works. The last line in the article cast the whole in a bad light. It talks about how Flash and Java "violate the GPL". This is utterly false. Ubuntu (or any distro) could have and some have, shipped non-free Flash or Java if they wanted. It violates no licenses. However, it does violate our ethical stance. Nor does he talk about all the free Java work being done right now. Basically, in sum, a poorly researched article with a few good points. Corey -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
