[ubuntu-in] Ubuntu popularity - Blessing or Curse?

[Amit Kumar Saha]

On Wed, 2007-10-17 at 22:48 +0530, Mir Nazim wrote:
> On 10/17/07, Amit Kumar Saha <dandolls at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> > Hi all!
> >
> > Linux Planet has got an interesting entry on the growing popularity of
> > Ubuntu. Ubuntu slowly seems to become an unquestionable choice for Linux
> > desktop systems. Is it good for Ubuntu itself?
> 
> One question for you and the author of the the mentioned write up,
> Bruce Byfield. Why is it a CURSE.  Popularity is well deserved.
> Earlier I was a Red Hat/ Fedora user and when I saw Ubuntu, I knew it
> was thing the people have been waiting for. Plus Canonical and the
> dedicated developers are doing a great job in **Making Things Just
> Work**
> 
> So the position is well deserved and a good sign.

Why is it a CURSE? may be you can mail the author as to why he chose
this title :-)

No doubt, Ubuntu deserves it. This is all due to the hard work of Ubuntu
developers and its commercial supporter - Canonical. However, lets hope
that they continue doing the good job and not really start
cutting-some-slack as is the human tendency to slow down after a great
start.
> 
> Though there are opinions that Conary(wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Conary)
> based systems are easier to manage. But thats another topic and let's
> discuss that separately.
> 
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