Is Ubuntu becoming the generic Linux distro?

[Daniel Robitaille]

On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 3:15 AM, Jonathan Carter <jonathan at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> Hi Scott
>
> Scott (angrykeyboarder) wrote:
>> Let's just hope that everyone doesn't forget it's Ubuntu Linux, and not
>> just "Ubuntu". Ubuntu could become a genericized trademark, which is not
>> good for Canonical.
>
> AFAIK, it's officially just Ubuntu, not Ubuntu Linux. Here in South
> Africa, there are PLENTY of companies that are called Ubuntu, and they
> existed long before the Linux distribution. I think it's already been a
> generic trademark even before Canonical decided to use it.
>
> -Jonathan

And if you use only "Ubuntu" instead of "Ubuntu Linux", then you don't
have to decide which one to use,  "Ubuntu Linux" and "Ubuntu
Gnu/Linux",  when writing documentation.



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