A Disturbing Dialog About Ubuntu and Unity

[Billie Walsh]

In view of certain recent threads:

A Disturbing Dialog About Ubuntu and Unity

Nov 02, 2011 10:31pm GMT

Bruce Byfield

Curious about how design decisions are made for Ubuntu's Unity? About 
how the development team reacts to criticisms of its efforts? If you 
are, then a moment of unusual -- and troubling -- clarity emerged last 
week on Launchpad, Canonical's development site.

The moment takes the form of Bug #882274, filed by Tal Liron under the 
title "Community engagement is broken." Although other people comment, 
much of the discussion is between Liron, an active bug-filer, and Mark 
Shuttleworth, Ubuntu's founder. Liron writes as an Ubuntu loyalist, 
mostly succeeding in maintaining his politeness and trying to be 
constructive, but his frustration and feelings of being ostracized are 
obvious.

read the rest -

http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/A-Disturbing-Dialog-About-Ubuntu-and-Unity

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