[ubuntu-za] Remember what Ubuntu is

[Charl Wentzel]

I just watched a very insightful video of an interview with both Bill
Gates and Steve Jobs sitting next to each other (not as enemies).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=WSt5jxQc5eg

The comments made by Steve Jobs in the last minute of the interview
really hit me.  He said that a lot of people both inside Apple and its
customer base was still in the mindset that "for Apple to win, Microsoft
had to lose".  To move forward "Apple had to remember who it was".

I think the same applies to Linux (and Ubuntu) today.  I know I've been
guilty of slamming Microsoft and Windows at times, but this has really
put the last nail in the coffin of this mindset for me.  We should
really remember what Ubuntu is trying to achieve, look at the wonderful
things that are happening and come up with new ideas and concepts,
rather than comparing Ubuntu to other operating systems (or ourselves
against users of other operating systems).

If we keep comparing Ubuntu to other operating systems or slamming other
operating systems it will always be second or third best.  How about a
commitment from all to stop slamming other OS's and to focus on making
Ubuntu better?

Charl
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