For the obvious reasons. Shuttleworth might not be as innovative as Torvald, or even in the same league, but he saw a good cause and contributed to it. In the current economy, Shuttleworth is probably stepping down to let professionals run things a bit more. That idea is fine and dandy if the overall Canonical project is simply trying to expand to more profitable opportunities, expand being the key phrase.
What worries me is will this new management come in and try to mess with the Ubuntu project? Are they going to try a more Redhat or Novell approach, or will they let Ubuntu be. Will they sacrifice the community for profit. I have no problem with Canonical try to capture more of the enterprise market, but at what cost? As long as the change does not effect the desktop community in a bad, I have no problem with Shuttleworth stepping down and focusing more on the technical aspects. My two cents.... Also, sorry I did not mention, I saw this on digg.com. Chris... On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 4:00 PM, John R. Hogerhuis <jho...@pobox.com> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Chris Penn <cantorm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> http://blogs.computerworld.com/15275/shuttleworth_steps_down_as_ubuntu_ceo >> >> This could be really bad.... > > Well maybe. Why do you think so? > > It sounds like he stepped aside to let a professional manager be the > CEO. That could be a good thing if he didn't feel he was the best > person for the job or just didn't enjoy doing it. > > Meanwhile it looks like he's focusing on the technical end more. > > -- John. > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list LinuxUsers@socallinux.org http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
