Lack of Connection Between Canonical and the Community

[Jorge O. Castro]

On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Scott Kitterman <ubuntu at kitterman.com> wrote:
> When I started using Ubuntu [the Linux distribution, as I've mentioned before,
> the term is overloaded] (2006) and started in Ubuntu development (2007),
> Ubuntu was largely a regularly released, stabilized snapshot of Debian
> Unstable with solid infrastructure and security support behind it.
>
> That's still what I want.
>
> As Ubuntu has diverged from that definition, it's been less interesting to me
> to me both as a system to use and a place to contribute.

Ubuntu is still that; it's just it's basically a solved problem these days.

> I'm also interested in the larger FOSS ecosystem and getting more people using
> free software, regardless of their distribution of choice.  The more Canonical
> chooses to push Ubuntu towards unique solutions that add to confusion in the
> free software marketplace and separate Ubuntu from the larger free software
> world, Ubuntu is a less interesting place for me to contribute.

The "free software marketplace" is inherently confusing because
everyone has a choice to work on what they want.