User: jpmcc Date: 2010-03-03 12:00:36+0000 Modified: marketing/www/planet/atom.xml marketing/www/planet/index.html marketing/www/planet/opml.xml marketing/www/planet/rss10.xml marketing/www/planet/rss20.xml
Log: Planet run at Wed Mar 3 13:00:12 CET 2010 File Changes: Directory: /marketing/www/planet/ ================================= File [changed]: atom.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/atom.xml?r1=1.3013&r2=1.3014 Delta lines: +30 -47 --------------------- --- atom.xml 2010-03-03 06:00:28+0000 1.3013 +++ atom.xml 2010-03-03 12:00:32+0000 1.3014 @@ -5,10 +5,31 @@ <link rel="self" href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/atom.xml"/> <link href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/"/> <id>http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/atom.xml</id> - <updated>2010-03-03T06:00:26+00:00</updated> + <updated>2010-03-03T12:00:29+00:00</updated> <generator uri="http://www.planetplanet.org/";>Planet/2.0 +http://www.planetplanet.org</generator> <entry xml:lang="en"> + <title type="html">New features prove a hit with users of OpenOffice.org</title> + <link href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2010/03/03/new-features-prove-a-hit-with-users-of-openoffice-org/"/> + <id>http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=852</id> + <updated>2010-03-03T09:44:39+00:00</updated> + <content type="html"><p>The <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/">OpenOffice.org Marketing Project</a> produces daily statistics for the number of people downloading the software from our <a href="http://download.openoffice.org/">central download site</a>. You can always see the latest version <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/marketing_bouncer.html">here</a> &#8211; and an explanation of why this is a big underestimate of the number of people adopting OpenOffice.org <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/marketing_bouncer_faq.html">here</a>.</p> +<p><a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/barchart.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-853" title="Downloads" src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/barchart.png" alt="" width="288" height="126" /></a>Today&#8217;s graph (saved on this blog &#8211; click on the thumbnail for a bigger version) shows a couple of interesting &#8217;spikes&#8217;. On 11th February we <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/02/prweb3584404.htm">announced OpenOffice.org 3.2</a>, and the downloads jumped as a result. This publicity is aimed at the general media and people who haven&#8217;t yet <a href="http://why.openoffice.org/">discovered OpenOffice.org</a>.</p> +<p>On 26th February we switched on the online update notification for a number of language groups. This tells existing users directly that OpenOffice.org 3.2 is available. The result has been a much bigger and more sustained increase in downloads. So, well done developers &#8211; the <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/features/3.2/">new features</a> added in this release are attracting old and new users alike.</p></content> + <author> + <name>John McCreesh</name> + <uri>http://www.mealldubh.org</uri> + </author> + <source> + <title type="html">Meall Dubh » OpenOffice.org</title> + <subtitle type="html">a view from a dark hill</subtitle> + <link rel="self" href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/category/open-source/openofficeorg/feed/"/> + <id>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/category/open-source/openofficeorg/feed/</id> + <updated>2010-03-03T12:00:14+00:00</updated> + </source> + </entry> + + <entry xml:lang="en"> <title type="html">Open Source Software in Higher Education</title> <link href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~3/AEdHMr1KhHo/"/> <id>http://www.instapaper.com/go/24771308</id> @@ -73,7 +94,7 @@ <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - <updated>2010-03-03T06:00:18+00:00</updated> + <updated>2010-03-03T12:00:16+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -136,7 +157,7 @@ Okay, sometimes you can read about Lotus Notes too</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://lodahl.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default/-/OpenOffice.org"/> <id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5198340507565233169</id> - <updated>2010-02-21T00:00:28+00:00</updated> + <updated>2010-03-03T12:00:27+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -165,7 +186,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">Cristian Driga's weblog on Open Source Software and Information Technology.</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://cdriga.kfacts.com/category/open-source-world/openofficeorg/feed"/> <id>http://cdriga.kfacts.com/category/open-source-world/openofficeorg/feed</id> - <updated>2010-03-01T12:00:23+00:00</updated> + <updated>2010-03-03T12:00:26+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -185,7 +206,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">a view from a dark hill</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/category/open-source/openofficeorg/feed/"/> <id>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/category/open-source/openofficeorg/feed/</id> - <updated>2010-03-03T06:00:15+00:00</updated> + <updated>2010-03-03T12:00:14+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -258,7 +279,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">A weblog by Charles-H. Schulz.</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/category/ooo-postings/feed"/> <id>http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/category/ooo-postings/feed</id> - <updated>2010-02-27T18:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2010-03-03T12:00:15+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -281,7 +302,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">a view from a dark hill</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/category/open-source/openofficeorg/feed/"/> <id>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/category/open-source/openofficeorg/feed/</id> - <updated>2010-03-03T06:00:15+00:00</updated> + <updated>2010-03-03T12:00:14+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -335,7 +356,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">a view from a dark hill</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/category/open-source/openofficeorg/feed/"/> <id>http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/category/open-source/openofficeorg/feed/</id> - <updated>2010-03-03T06:00:15+00:00</updated> + <updated>2010-03-03T12:00:14+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -454,45 +475,7 @@ <subtitle type="html">A weblog by Charles-H. Schulz.</subtitle> <link rel="self" href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/category/ooo-postings/feed"/> <id>http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/category/ooo-postings/feed</id> - <updated>2010-02-27T18:00:16+00:00</updated> - </source> - </entry> - - <entry xml:lang="en"> - <title type="html">Is Canonical Becoming The New Microsoft? [Updated]</title> - <link href="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2010/02/09/is-canonical-becoming-the-new-microsoft/"/> - <id>http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=2214</id> - <updated>2010-02-09T12:03:11+00:00</updated> - <content type="html"><p><strong><em>[Update: It seems I made my point very badly. Please <a href="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2010/02/10/follow-up-post-to-canonical-microsoft/">read this follow-up post</a> where I try to explain what I was asking].</em></strong></p> -<p>Whoah! Hold on everyone. Let me don my asbestos suit first will you.</p> -<p>Thanks.</p> -<p>Right then. I have been thinking about this post for some time and I think the time is probably right for pressing the old &#8220;publish&#8221; button. </p> -<p>I am not trying to incite riots or wars in the halls of residence or corridors of power but <a href="http://www.canonical.com">Canonical</a>/<a href="http://www.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu</a> is <a href="http://madhatter.ca/?p=241">starting</a> to <a href="http://openbytes.wordpress.com/2010/01/29/ubuntu-one-for-windows-microsoft-cash/">catch</a> more &#8220;bad karma&#8221; than is healthy for it IMHO.</p> -<ul> -<li>Let&#8217;s start with Mono. Yep. It&#8217;s been a prickly thorn for many and the concerns expressed are not going away. There&#8217;s no point in raking over the old ground; it is just one of the <em>bad-karma attractants</em> in a growing list.</li> -<li>Then we have Ubuntu One. Proprietary, closed, caused much debate and friction when announced and now the possibility of a Windows version too.</li> -<li>Next comes dumping GIMP, OOo and other much-loved applications from the default installation of versions of the forthcoming distribution.</li> -<li>Then the discussion about what closed/proprietary applications should be made available in the Ubuntu repositories.</li> -<li>Then we have the change of the default search engine from Google to <del>Microsoft</del> Yahoo.</li> -<li>Then Matt Asay joins as COO which should be, and probably is, good news. Matt is well known, respected and experienced, yet some of his prodigious public commentary <a href="http://www.the-source.com/2010/02/matt-asay-joins-canonical/">tugs at the heartstrings</a> of many a Freedom Fighter.</li> -</ul> -<p>I don&#8217;t really want to comment on the individual points above; <strong><em>the point</em></strong> is that this list is growing&#8230; </p> -<p>I really like Ubuntu. I use it everywhere, I help in the Ubuntu-uk irc channel when I can and we [our company] promote Ubuntu to our customers and I [as an individual] to friends and family.</p> -<p>What concerns me is not any particular item in the list above: some I care about, others I do not; as I am sure many of you will do too. It is the increasing volume of criticism and vitriol as a whole. It is getting louder. This, I believe, is indicative of a turning tide that, if we are not careful, will result in Ubuntu losing popularity and more of the FOSS community exercising it&#8217;s <strong>freedom</strong>.</p> -<p>I&#8217;m pretty thick-skinned (I think I will need to be with this post!) so if you think I am barking up the wrong tree, or just plain barking, then say so. 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You can always see the latest version <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/marketing_bouncer.html";>here</a> – and an explanation of why this is a big underestimate of the number of people adopting OpenOffice.org <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/marketing_bouncer_faq.html";>here</a>.</p> +<p><a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/barchart.png";><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-853" title="Downloads" src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/barchart.png"; alt="" width="288" height="126" /></a>Today’s graph (saved on this blog – click on the thumbnail for a bigger version) shows a couple of interesting ’spikes’. On 11th February we <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/02/prweb3584404.htm";>announced OpenOffice.org 3.2</a>, and the downloads jumped as a result. This publicity is aimed at the general media and people who haven’t yet <a href="http://why.openoffice.org/";>discovered OpenOffice.org</a>.</p> +<p>On 26th February we switched on the online update notification for a number of language groups. This tells existing users directly that OpenOffice.org 3.2 is available. The result has been a much bigger and more sustained increase in downloads. So, well done developers – the <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/features/3.2/";>new features</a> added in this release are attracting old and new users alike.</p></p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/index.php/2010/03/03/new-features-prove-a-hit-with-users-of-openoffice-org/";>by John at March 03, 2010 09:44 AM CET</a></em> +</p> +<br /> +<hr /> +<br /> <h2>February 28, 2010</h2> <h3> <a href="http://www.italovignoli.org"; title="Going Open"> @@ -401,39 +418,6 @@ <br /> <hr /> <br /> -<h3> -<a href="http://www.theopensourcerer.com"; title="The Open Sourcerer » OpenOffice.org"> -Alan Lord</a> : -<a href="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2010/02/09/is-canonical-becoming-the-new-microsoft/";> -Is Canonical Becoming The New Microsoft? [Updated]</a> -</h3> -<p> -<p><strong><em>[Update: It seems I made my point very badly. Please <a href="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2010/02/10/follow-up-post-to-canonical-microsoft/";>read this follow-up post</a> where I try to explain what I was asking].</em></strong></p> -<p>Whoah! Hold on everyone. Let me don my asbestos suit first will you.</p> -<p>Thanks.</p> -<p>Right then. I have been thinking about this post for some time and I think the time is probably right for pressing the old “publish” button. </p> -<p>I am not trying to incite riots or wars in the halls of residence or corridors of power but <a href="http://www.canonical.com";>Canonical</a>/<a href="http://www.ubuntu.com";>Ubuntu</a> is <a href="http://madhatter.ca/?p=241";>starting</a> to <a href="http://openbytes.wordpress.com/2010/01/29/ubuntu-one-for-windows-microsoft-cash/";>catch</a> more “bad karma” than is healthy for it IMHO.</p> -<ul> -<li>Let’s start with Mono. Yep. It’s been a prickly thorn for many and the concerns expressed are not going away. There’s no point in raking over the old ground; it is just one of the <em>bad-karma attractants</em> in a growing list.</li> -<li>Then we have Ubuntu One. Proprietary, closed, caused much debate and friction when announced and now the possibility of a Windows version too.</li> -<li>Next comes dumping GIMP, OOo and other much-loved applications from the default installation of versions of the forthcoming distribution.</li> -<li>Then the discussion about what closed/proprietary applications should be made available in the Ubuntu repositories.</li> -<li>Then we have the change of the default search engine from Google to <del>Microsoft</del> Yahoo.</li> -<li>Then Matt Asay joins as COO which should be, and probably is, good news. Matt is well known, respected and experienced, yet some of his prodigious public commentary <a href="http://www.the-source.com/2010/02/matt-asay-joins-canonical/";>tugs at the heartstrings</a> of many a Freedom Fighter.</li> -</ul> -<p>I don’t really want to comment on the individual points above; <strong><em>the point</em></strong> is that this list is growing… </p> -<p>I really like Ubuntu. I use it everywhere, I help in the Ubuntu-uk irc channel when I can and we [our company] promote Ubuntu to our customers and I [as an individual] to friends and family.</p> -<p>What concerns me is not any particular item in the list above: some I care about, others I do not; as I am sure many of you will do too. It is the increasing volume of criticism and vitriol as a whole. It is getting louder. This, I believe, is indicative of a turning tide that, if we are not careful, will result in Ubuntu losing popularity and more of the FOSS community exercising it’s <strong>freedom</strong>.</p> -<p>I’m pretty thick-skinned (I think I will need to be with this post!) so if you think I am barking up the wrong tree, or just plain barking, then say so. But I am noticing increasing criticism and anti-Ubuntu rhetoric which is not just because it is becoming more popular, although that is certainly one factor.</p> -<p>Something is changing and I am not sure it is for the good of Ubuntu or our community.</p> -<!-- Social Bookmarking Reloaded BEGIN --><div class="social_bookmark"><em>Tell Someone Else!</em><br /><a class="social_img" href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2010/02/09/is-canonical-becoming-the-new-microsoft/&title=Is+Canonical+Becoming+The+New+Microsoft%3F+%5BUpdated%5D"; title="Add 'Is Canonical Becoming The New Microsoft? 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You can always see the latest version <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/marketing_bouncer.html">here</a> &#8211; and an explanation of why this is a big underestimate of the number of people adopting OpenOffice.org <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/marketing_bouncer_faq.html">here</a>.</p> +<p><a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/barchart.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-853" title="Downloads" src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/barchart.png" alt="" width="288" height="126" /></a>Today&#8217;s graph (saved on this blog &#8211; click on the thumbnail for a bigger version) shows a couple of interesting &#8217;spikes&#8217;. On 11th February we <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/02/prweb3584404.htm">announced OpenOffice.org 3.2</a>, and the downloads jumped as a result. This publicity is aimed at the general media and people who haven&#8217;t yet <a href="http://why.openoffice.org/">discovered OpenOffice.org</a>.</p> +<p>On 26th February we switched on the online update notification for a number of language groups. This tells existing users directly that OpenOffice.org 3.2 is available. The result has been a much bigger and more sustained increase in downloads. So, well done developers &#8211; the <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/features/3.2/">new features</a> added in this release are attracting old and new users alike.</p></content:encoded> + <dc:date>2010-03-03T09:44:39+00:00</dc:date> +</item> <item rdf:about="http://www.instapaper.com/go/24771308";> <title>Italo Vignoli: Open Source Software in Higher Education</title> <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~3/AEdHMr1KhHo/</link> @@ -241,30 +249,5 @@ </p></content:encoded> <dc:date>2010-02-09T16:59:51+00:00</dc:date> </item> -<item rdf:about="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=2214";> - <title>Alan Lord: Is Canonical Becoming The New Microsoft? [Updated]</title> - <link>http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2010/02/09/is-canonical-becoming-the-new-microsoft/</link> - <content:encoded><p><strong><em>[Update: It seems I made my point very badly. Please <a href="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2010/02/10/follow-up-post-to-canonical-microsoft/">read this follow-up post</a> where I try to explain what I was asking].</em></strong></p> -<p>Whoah! Hold on everyone. Let me don my asbestos suit first will you.</p> -<p>Thanks.</p> -<p>Right then. I have been thinking about this post for some time and I think the time is probably right for pressing the old &#8220;publish&#8221; button. </p> -<p>I am not trying to incite riots or wars in the halls of residence or corridors of power but <a href="http://www.canonical.com">Canonical</a>/<a href="http://www.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu</a> is <a href="http://madhatter.ca/?p=241">starting</a> to <a href="http://openbytes.wordpress.com/2010/01/29/ubuntu-one-for-windows-microsoft-cash/">catch</a> more &#8220;bad karma&#8221; than is healthy for it IMHO.</p> -<ul> -<li>Let&#8217;s start with Mono. Yep. It&#8217;s been a prickly thorn for many and the concerns expressed are not going away. There&#8217;s no point in raking over the old ground; it is just one of the <em>bad-karma attractants</em> in a growing list.</li> -<li>Then we have Ubuntu One. Proprietary, closed, caused much debate and friction when announced and now the possibility of a Windows version too.</li> -<li>Next comes dumping GIMP, OOo and other much-loved applications from the default installation of versions of the forthcoming distribution.</li> -<li>Then the discussion about what closed/proprietary applications should be made available in the Ubuntu repositories.</li> -<li>Then we have the change of the default search engine from Google to <del>Microsoft</del> Yahoo.</li> -<li>Then Matt Asay joins as COO which should be, and probably is, good news. Matt is well known, respected and experienced, yet some of his prodigious public commentary <a href="http://www.the-source.com/2010/02/matt-asay-joins-canonical/">tugs at the heartstrings</a> of many a Freedom Fighter.</li> -</ul> -<p>I don&#8217;t really want to comment on the individual points above; <strong><em>the point</em></strong> is that this list is growing&#8230; </p> -<p>I really like Ubuntu. I use it everywhere, I help in the Ubuntu-uk irc channel when I can and we [our company] promote Ubuntu to our customers and I [as an individual] to friends and family.</p> -<p>What concerns me is not any particular item in the list above: some I care about, others I do not; as I am sure many of you will do too. It is the increasing volume of criticism and vitriol as a whole. It is getting louder. This, I believe, is indicative of a turning tide that, if we are not careful, will result in Ubuntu losing popularity and more of the FOSS community exercising it&#8217;s <strong>freedom</strong>.</p> -<p>I&#8217;m pretty thick-skinned (I think I will need to be with this post!) so if you think I am barking up the wrong tree, or just plain barking, then say so. But I am noticing increasing criticism and anti-Ubuntu rhetoric which is not just because it is becoming more popular, although that is certainly one factor.</p> -<p>Something is changing and I am not sure it is for the good of Ubuntu or our community.</p> -<!-- Social Bookmarking Reloaded BEGIN --><div class="social_bookmark"><em>Tell Someone Else!</em><br /><a class="social_img" href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2010/02/09/is-canonical-becoming-the-new-microsoft/&title=Is+Canonical+Becoming+The+New+Microsoft%3F+%5BUpdated%5D" title="Add 'Is Canonical Becoming The New Microsoft? 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You can always see the latest version <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/marketing_bouncer.html">here</a> &#8211; and an explanation of why this is a big underestimate of the number of people adopting OpenOffice.org <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/marketing_bouncer_faq.html">here</a>.</p> +<p><a href="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/barchart.png"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-853" title="Downloads" src="http://www.mealldubh.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/barchart.png" alt="" width="288" height="126" /></a>Today&#8217;s graph (saved on this blog &#8211; click on the thumbnail for a bigger version) shows a couple of interesting &#8217;spikes&#8217;. On 11th February we <a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/02/prweb3584404.htm">announced OpenOffice.org 3.2</a>, and the downloads jumped as a result. This publicity is aimed at the general media and people who haven&#8217;t yet <a href="http://why.openoffice.org/">discovered OpenOffice.org</a>.</p> +<p>On 26th February we switched on the online update notification for a number of language groups. This tells existing users directly that OpenOffice.org 3.2 is available. The result has been a much bigger and more sustained increase in downloads. So, well done developers &#8211; the <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/features/3.2/">new features</a> added in this release are attracting old and new users alike.</p></description> + <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:44:39 +0000</pubDate> +</item> +<item> <title>Italo Vignoli: Open Source Software in Higher Education</title> <guid>http://www.instapaper.com/go/24771308</guid> <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~3/AEdHMr1KhHo/</link> @@ -229,32 +238,6 @@ </p></description> <pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:59:51 +0000</pubDate> </item> -<item> - <title>Alan Lord: Is Canonical Becoming The New Microsoft? [Updated]</title> - <guid>http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=2214</guid> - <link>http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2010/02/09/is-canonical-becoming-the-new-microsoft/</link> - <description><p><strong><em>[Update: It seems I made my point very badly. Please <a href="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2010/02/10/follow-up-post-to-canonical-microsoft/">read this follow-up post</a> where I try to explain what I was asking].</em></strong></p> -<p>Whoah! Hold on everyone. Let me don my asbestos suit first will you.</p> -<p>Thanks.</p> -<p>Right then. I have been thinking about this post for some time and I think the time is probably right for pressing the old &#8220;publish&#8221; button. </p> -<p>I am not trying to incite riots or wars in the halls of residence or corridors of power but <a href="http://www.canonical.com">Canonical</a>/<a href="http://www.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu</a> is <a href="http://madhatter.ca/?p=241">starting</a> to <a href="http://openbytes.wordpress.com/2010/01/29/ubuntu-one-for-windows-microsoft-cash/">catch</a> more &#8220;bad karma&#8221; than is healthy for it IMHO.</p> -<ul> -<li>Let&#8217;s start with Mono. Yep. It&#8217;s been a prickly thorn for many and the concerns expressed are not going away. There&#8217;s no point in raking over the old ground; it is just one of the <em>bad-karma attractants</em> in a growing list.</li> -<li>Then we have Ubuntu One. Proprietary, closed, caused much debate and friction when announced and now the possibility of a Windows version too.</li> -<li>Next comes dumping GIMP, OOo and other much-loved applications from the default installation of versions of the forthcoming distribution.</li> -<li>Then the discussion about what closed/proprietary applications should be made available in the Ubuntu repositories.</li> -<li>Then we have the change of the default search engine from Google to <del>Microsoft</del> Yahoo.</li> -<li>Then Matt Asay joins as COO which should be, and probably is, good news. Matt is well known, respected and experienced, yet some of his prodigious public commentary <a href="http://www.the-source.com/2010/02/matt-asay-joins-canonical/">tugs at the heartstrings</a> of many a Freedom Fighter.</li> -</ul> -<p>I don&#8217;t really want to comment on the individual points above; <strong><em>the point</em></strong> is that this list is growing&#8230; </p> -<p>I really like Ubuntu. I use it everywhere, I help in the Ubuntu-uk irc channel when I can and we [our company] promote Ubuntu to our customers and I [as an individual] to friends and family.</p> -<p>What concerns me is not any particular item in the list above: some I care about, others I do not; as I am sure many of you will do too. It is the increasing volume of criticism and vitriol as a whole. It is getting louder. This, I believe, is indicative of a turning tide that, if we are not careful, will result in Ubuntu losing popularity and more of the FOSS community exercising it&#8217;s <strong>freedom</strong>.</p> -<p>I&#8217;m pretty thick-skinned (I think I will need to be with this post!) so if you think I am barking up the wrong tree, or just plain barking, then say so. But I am noticing increasing criticism and anti-Ubuntu rhetoric which is not just because it is becoming more popular, although that is certainly one factor.</p> -<p>Something is changing and I am not sure it is for the good of Ubuntu or our community.</p> -<!-- Social Bookmarking Reloaded BEGIN --><div class="social_bookmark"><em>Tell Someone Else!</em><br /><a class="social_img" href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2010/02/09/is-canonical-becoming-the-new-microsoft/&title=Is+Canonical+Becoming+The+New+Microsoft%3F+%5BUpdated%5D" title="Add 'Is Canonical Becoming The New Microsoft? 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