Dell to offer Ubuntu 7.04 on selected desk/laptops

[manchicken]

On Tuesday 08 May 2007 20:43:46 Huston wrote:
> I was just asking opinions, or maybe for information that someone had that
> others didn't.  I realize that anything is possible, but I saw this and
> started thinking along the lines of Redhat, or Suse.  I know that both
> still offer "free" editions.  I guess I was wondering how close Unbuntu,
> and such were to the Debian model, which I believe no one owns... Someone
> correct me if I am wrong, and if there is the possibility the Unbuntu may
> move toward the Redhat or Suse type structure.
>
>
>
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> [mailto:kubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com] On Behalf Of manchicken
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 11:42 AM
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> Subject: Re: Dell to offer Ubuntu 7.04 on selected desk/laptops
>
> On Tuesday 08 May 2007 17:38:14 Donn wrote:
> > > Fair enough, but I still really don't see the point or propriety of
> > > such speculation here.
> >
> > manchicken - you tickled my irk-bone briefly -- speculation and
> > discussion is perfectly valid, and please don't bottom-post under a mile
> > of reply-to without at least editing out all the stuff that's not
> > relevant.
> >
> > There - I'm all better now.
>
> Didn't say all speculation.  Just this particular bit of quite likely
> uninformed speculation.  I find it's best to bottom-post without removing
> any
> history.
>
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As a contributor to Kubuntu, I seriously doubt anything like this is in the 
cards.  Rest assured that the day we have a version of Kubuntu or Ubuntu that 
goes against the original ethos of the distribution--freedom, free sharing of 
information, free sharing of culture, affordable technologies to help us 
improve ourselves and the world around us--is the day that my contributions 
will move elsewhere.

That said, I'm currently at the developers' summit for Ubuntu, and I can say 
without a doubt that the discussions have actually been going in the opposite 
direction.  I--personally, not a representative of Ubuntu--believe that 
Ubuntu is going the way of the OEM in order to make freedom in software more 
accessible to casual users in countries that commonly buy desktops and 
laptops preloaded with software that restricts them rather than aides them.  
I actually think that the goal is more freedom, not more restriction.  I'm 
sure that folks are trying to make money--who doesn't?--but I'm also sure 
that money will not be made by Ubuntu through restrictions.

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