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There are now millions of users of "Linux" because of Android. Where is the huge boost to the underlying technology? Ubuntu brought users, but no benefit. Unle
by vb33 13y ago
There are now millions of users of "Linux" because of Android. Where is the huge boost to the underlying technology?
Ubuntu brought users, but no benefit. Unless posting bugs to the Fedora bug-tracker their own developers are too incompetent to fix counts.
You are delusional. Ubuntu is no more true to open-source ideology than OS X. I would argue that Apple contribute significantly more open and useful code back.
- anoncow 13y agoI really don't see a point comparing apples and oranges. Ubuntu and Android both have their contributions. I am not qualified enough to comment on the OS X part though.
- fingerprinter 13y agoAgain, so the only measure you would count is lines of code? That is it, pure and simple? Relevance doesn't count? A reason for being doesn't matter? A project existing in a vacuum is just as good as a project with millions of users? TBH, you sound more like an Ubuntu hater than someone who wants to reason rationally.
- vb33 13y agoI'm a programmer, yes, I use LOC to quantify their worth. Especially when they are touted as a hero of Open Source, when so far their actions are of a typical corporate leech.
- fingerprinter 13y agoDo you use the same metric for everyone else? By your reasoning would designers, lawyers, graphics folk, accountants, managers and marketers not be contributing to a software company?