[ubuntu-uk] Unity launcher ....

Alan Pope alan.pope at canonical.com
Fri Mar 23 22:54:14 UTC 2012


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On 23/03/12 22:41, Daniel Case wrote:
> On 23 March 2012 22:34, Barry Drake <ubuntu-advertising at gmx.com>
> wrote:
>> Anyone who still has doubt, start testing Windows 8 .....
>> 'shoot' and 'foot' spring to mind.
> 
> That's certainly true. But I can't help feeling that everything is 
> heading towards the "post-PC" era too early. For example, I can
> see Unity working perfectly on a touch screen.

Nah, right now Unity is rubbish on a touch screen :D

It's also not either/or. Ubuntu is a desktop distro. In the future
there may be TV/Tablet/Phone/Fridge/Toaster versions, but right now
it's on desktops/laptops/servers/clouds. That's where our core
competency lies.

> I genuinely care about the Ubuntu community as a whole, it feels
> like home since I've been here and always welcomed for almost 5
> years, I know that ranting, shouting and saying I'm going to leave
> won't help (and I don't think I could bring myself to do so anyway)
> but I was hoping that highlighting the issues as I see them may
> help more.
> 

They do help, if brought up in the right way, in the right place. :)

Cheers,
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Alan Pope
Engineering Manager

Canonical - Product Strategy
+44 (0) 7973 620 164
alan.pope at canonical.com
http://ubuntu.com/
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