Ubuntu Developer Summits Now Online and Every Three Months

[Benjamin Kerensa]

I agree with everything Jonathan has said and would like to add that
the proposal to use Google+ alone shows that this is not about
increasing participation. At UDS rooms can have anywhere from a few
people to a large crowd actively engaging at once.

Google+ is limited to those who use the service and better yet
hangouts are limited to 10 people at a time which means people will be
excluded from the conversation to some degree. I do not think the
assertion that this is to expand participation is valid but instead it
seems like a cost saving measure that will have a negative impact on
the community.

On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Jonathan Riddell <jriddell at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> I think this is a terrible shame.  A virtual event will result in far
> less focused sessions.  It will also remove the important community
> bonding aspect of UDS.
>
> An event with only a week's notice is pretty useless especially if it
> clashes with significant dates like feature freeze.
>
> Robbie blogged recently about removing non-LTS releases ("rolling
> release").  I wonder if this three month UDS frequency is part of
> that.  Removing non-LTS releases will remove a lot of what makes
> Ubuntu a great community project, cadance has always been a hallmark
> of Ubuntu.
>
> These are probably good moves for Canonical's need to move to working
> with businesses and keeping its bank balance healthy but they're very
> bad moves for Ubuntu as a community project.
>
> Jonathan
>
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