Canadian version of Ubuntu

[Corey Burger]

On 8/3/06, Darryl Moore <darryl at moores.ca> wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 22:27 +0300, Rob Bowers wrote:
> > We and Ubuntu will know what we're doing when we do it. I see no
> > reason that there should be risks. Of course we'll be careful. I still
> > say we keep it uncamouflaged, straight under US patent policy's nose.
> >
> > Anyway, I guess the first concrete step is to contact Ubuntu on the
> > matter. Who will do this?
> >
>
>
> Errr, Corey? we haven't heard much from you since you said "As for a
> Canadian only version Ubuntu, I have very mixed feelings about it. It is
> a possiblity, but I would need some strong convincing."
>
> You'd be a logical one to contact them. Are you in any way convinced
> yet?

Far from it. I see lots of enthusiasm, so it is hard for me to poor
cold water on it, but I just don't see a good return on investment.
Ubuntu (Canadian Editon) would essentially be a new version of Ubuntu.
Users would likely be worse off, because of the problems of supporting
a subtly different version of Ubuntu. Who knows what kinds of bugs are
going to crop up. Are we going to deal with them? Nobody else is going
to. I would rather pour my effort into CommonCustomizations and the
CommonDesktopInstallHook [1] and get that into Ubuntu.

Lets be frank. The winnowing effect of volunteer organizations is
fierce. I have seen a lot of good people come and go. Building our own
custom cd is a lot of work, without a guarantee I won't be holding the
bag in six months.

Corey