Two very important snippets from comment #1834 on Bug#1. [1] : But it's better for us to focus our intent on excellence in our own right, rather than our impac

Two very important snippets from comment #1834 on Bug#1. [1] : But it's better for us to focus our intent on excellence in our own right, rather than our impact on someone else's product. I can't help but remembering a similar move by Steve Jobs once he took over Apple in 1997. Ubuntu doesn't mean "anti-Microsoft" it means (or should rather mean) "great Ubuntu". Now, whether they are able to do that in practice is a different thing but intent is a good place to start with. [2] : For Ubuntu, our goal remains to deliver fantastic experiences: for developers, for people building out production infrastructure, and for end-users on a range of devices. We are doing all of that in an environment that changes completely every decade. So we have to be willing to make big changes ourselves - in our processes, our practices, our tools, and our relationships. Change this bug status is but a tiny example. The key phrase here for me is the one where he lists changes - in our processes, our practices, our tools, and our relationships. This shows aversion to rigidity and adapting to times. I also think the little change there titled "relationships" means a lot. I don't think as an organization you want to be particularly hostile towards your competitors (in particular in words). I always feel that if one needs to be hostile (and/or aggressive); one needs to do that in deeds and not in words i.e. build the best product possible out there using your skills and beat your competitors fair and square. I would assume, nothing is (or hope so) more satisfying than that.