they have a tendency to try novel/different things, like upstart (init system), mir (desktop compositor (?)) and this is probably a net positive, there's now a

they have a tendency to try novel/different things, like upstart (init system), mir (desktop compositor (?)) and this is probably a net positive, there's now an early adopter for the project, the testsuite gets improved, and the next Ubuntu LTS will ship more modern tools