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In all respect, then perhaps the FOSS community should change perspective. Ubuntu has been one of the best PR-moves that Linux ever had. If the goal is to get p
by troels 16y ago
In all respect, then perhaps the FOSS community should change perspective. Ubuntu has been one of the best PR-moves that Linux ever had. If the goal is to get people to use the software, then they contributed a great deal to the project.
- kelnos 16y agoThe problem with that semi-assertion is that the goal is differs greatly amongst OSS developers, from "I did something useful for me and am sharing it in case it's useful to anyone else," to "I'm going to take over the world by getting OSS into everyone's hands." ... and everywhere in between. Canonical clearly tends toward the latter end of the spectrum, where I imagine a company like Red Hat is somewhere in the middle.