Is 9.10 a black eye for Ubuntu?

[Chris]

On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:50:28 -0700
"Karl F. Larsen" <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Robert Spanjaard wrote:
> > On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:14:55 -0600, Willis Taylor wrote:
> > 
> >> First, I am running Karmic n both my primary computer and on the
> >> reserve on the other end of my desk.  Yes, there is a minor glitch
> >> with Gimp freezing the machine but it has just managed to make me
> >> a better computer user because I save more often.
> >>
> >> Am I mad at the Ubuntu development team?  No, I am not.  Is there a
> >> black eye involved?  It would appear that there are many as a
> >> result f Karmic but none of them belong to the Ubuntu Team.  When
> >> I was a Beta Tester for MS I worked with some lousy software.
> >> Ubuntu has not dump junk on the market that could not get past the
> >> Beta Testers ad expected people to pay for the privilege of using
> >> junk software.
> >>
> >> Now, a key point.  Anyone that can develop a perfect Operating
> >> System in six months is not a member of this planet.
> > 
> > Anyone thinking that Karmic was developed in six months while
> > claiming to have a background in software development is insane.
> > 
> >> Computer users should learn to not cry and to not give themselves a
> >> reason to cry and stick with the version developed for business
> >> and the average user.  A short term system is nothing more than a
> >> beta version
> > 
> > Oh, I'm sorry, I thought that Karmic just moved _out_ of beta
> > status. Must be my mistake.
> > 
> >> that is to become the LTS version in 11/04.  For those of us that
> >> enjoy the challenge, Ubuntu gives us the latest version every six
> >> months and we are never asked to spend a dime for it.  So why all
> >> the tears ad discontent?
> > 
> > Because, as you said yourself, Karmic is nothing more than a beta
> > version. It's not the final release version that Canonical claims
> > it to be.
> > 
> 
> 	Karmic = Jaunty + 6 months of design change. I have both on 
> this computer and I prefer Jaunty. You might prefer Karmic if 
> you took time to use it instead of complaining.
> 
> 	In any case it is always free to me. Not to Canonical who 
> spends money to get things right. Unless your mentally unfit 
> you should realize there is nothing free in this world.
> 
> 73 Karl
> 
> 

I was gonna reply to this but I see that Karl got to it before I.

I think I was allot happier just a few minutes ago in my Matrix trilogy
induced Sunday afternoon (thank you very much AMC).

Sometimes just reading posts in this list just makes me want to gouge my
eyes out, bite my tongue off, lop off my ears and piss into my PC.

I never believed that one in three people are insane... Now, I have
evidence...

-- 
Best regards,

Chris

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