Interesting read about the future of Ubuntu

[Robert Holtzman]

On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 03:12:32PM +0000, Avi Greenbury wrote:
> Robert Holtzman wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 04:06:18AM -0500, Ric Moore wrote:
> > > http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2010/12/22/unity_ubuntu_the_future/
> > > 
> > > Killing off X11?? :) Ric
> > 
> > That's one of the reasons I'll be taking a long look at Debian Squeeze
> > when it's released as stable. I just don't like control freaks.
> 
> Control freaks? Is it more control-freakish to dictate your use of
> Wayland than it was to dictate your use of X?
> X has a big bunch of problems, and it is a big old codebase. I don't
> know the ins and outs of the decision, but I really don't like this
> assumption that it must be a bad thing.

I wasn't referring to any specific change. What I don't like is
Shuttleworth's autocratic attitude. Even though he's not the CEO any
more, I wouldn't bet that he doesn't *heavily* influences decisions. 
I remember his famous/infamous statement "this is not a democracy". He
reminds me too much of Steve Jobs. 

-- 
Bob Holtzman
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