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Ubuntu was produced in Africa.
by arijo 16y ago
Ubuntu was produced in Africa.
- JoachimSchipper 16y agoThe word, yes. The code, not so much.
- arijo 16y agoMy mistake. Canonical's founder is from South Africa hence my confusion.
- davidw 16y agoMark Shuttleworth started his company in South Africa, and he has bankrolled Ubuntu with what he got from selling it. So while "made in Africa" isn't quite right, there's a component there, in a somewhat roundabout way.
- JoachimSchipper 16y agoOk, but Canonical has directly or indirectly written, what, 0.1% of the code in a typical Ubuntu install? Maybe 1%? There are tons of hardworking (and overwhelmingly non-African) programmers that are forgotten every time the press writes another breathless piece about Ubuntu. (Or, for that matter, Red Hat - their contributions are much larger, but still a tiny part of the finished product.)
- davidw 16y agoNo argument there, but I wasn't talking about the code.
- JoachimSchipper 16y agoNo argument there, but I was talking about the code. ;-) Seriously, though, good point.