Canonical at Solutions Linux in Paris

[Yann]

I just learned that Canonical was silver sponsor of Solutions Linux in
Paris, and that Canonical is going to have a big booth there, as a silver
sponsor.
So we are going to have two stands there: Ubuntu-fr, and Ubuntu. The Ubuntu
being in fact Canonical's one.

So, Canonical guys, let me remember you this very clearly:
Ubuntu is a COMMUNITY distribution. Ubuntu in france is made by Ubuntu-fr,
and all the community around Ubuntu in France and french-speaking countries,
packaging, documenting, moderating. The fact that Canonical decided to make
its own booth (of course we never received any notification of all this on
the admin list - so far so good for the communication) shows that:
a/ they don't trust the community to represent properly the distribution
b/ They use the Ubuntu brand to sell Canonical without clearly stating it is
a canonical booth
c/ They are just not able to communicate or to work close to a community

You know what? Ubuntu-fr has been at solutions Linux for the past 3 years.
Now that thanks to the amazing work of the whole community we are getting a
wide recognition in France, and Canonical starts to show interest - how? by
just saying "thank you, but now it's business".

What pisses me off is that it was exactly the same at linux tag 2 years ago.
I made the remark , I got told "well yeah we need to improve that".
Canonical, fuck you. I don't believe the shit announced there:
http://www.ubuntu.com/news/UbuntuFoundation anymore. I have been asking,
asking, again, and again, and again, that this foundation gets finally
started. It was just a publicity, a lie, but a lie that many still thinks is
true. Promises are made for those who believe in them, eh.

Let's make this clear: if Canonical gets a booth called Ubuntu *again* this
won't be a mistake anymore. It will be that Ubuntu just is NOT community
driven anymore. This a very, very dangerous step to make.

When we are complaining about launchpad you tell us "how come you don't
trust us?"  How can we trust you with that bunch of shit going on? And don't
tell me I've not mailed the right person, I mailed thousands of people in
the last 2 years about this issue.

I would *very strongly* recommend that you work toward a common booth with
the community, or at least organise a common booth for any future event in
France. Else I am really eager to ear your reasons not too. Is it that we
don't sell canonical's support contract well enough? You don't have a fuckin
clue who we are working with in France, there are some big companies, but
every time we approached you your answer was "do for the best". Apparently
the situation has changed.

Anyway, just to clarify matters: this is just my personal point of view, it
doesn't engage any official view of the french speaking locoteam.


Yann - Ubuntu-fr
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