The "It's Just a Desktop Distro" Problem

[Alexander Poslavsky]

On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 11:56:46 -0500, Benj. Mako Hill <mako at canonical.com> wrote:
> <quote who="jorge o. castro" date="2005-01-05 04:50:40 -0500">
> > This was made more evident to me when I asked some friends at the bar
> > "Hey ... would you guys use Ubuntu as a server?"
> 
> Point me to the bars full of ubuntu users! That sounds great.
> 
> Much of the other things that you put in here have been addressed by
> Matt and others.
> 
> > Given Ubuntu's strong use of Python, surely getting projects
> > like Plone, Zope, Moin, and others to promote Ubuntu as a premier
> > Python platform would be a good idea.
> 
> I think a few of these are on their way in the near future. Again, we
> need to get a little more of a track record before all these sorts of
> folks start recommending us.
> 
> I have met a few people around that are using Ubuntu for large groups
> of servers. I think maybe we should encourage press, articles, etc
> about using Ubuntu in non-Desktop ways and give those high visibility
> in traffic and on the website and such.
> 
> /me starts up the propaganda machine

These guys have a thread on it as well:

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=45

gr, AP