On Dec 4, 2009, at 5:13 AM, Roy wrote: > Ubuntu is a desktop distribution. It always has been. It is not directed > towards enterprise at present. If that is their desire then they need to make > this clear and perhaps release an enterprise edition like Novell does with > SLED. There is the issue of Mono itself with its cloudy licensing. The > Microsoft guarantee not to prosecute covers Novell and not Canonical. So if > they are aiming for enterprise they are going about it all wrong. They should > suck it up and go to Microsoft and beg forgiveness (Shuttleworth has spurned > them more than once and been outspoken about it) and sign away their rights > like Novell did. This would protect enterprise users and without such > protection they are unlikely to choose Ubuntu with its indefinite status when > they can choose Novell and be guaranteed.
Not necessarily in Eastern European countries which don't necessarily honor Microsoft's patent monopolies. If Canonical wants to make money, they will target the enterprise customers. > It does not serve desktop users well for Canonical to be taking us down a > path that is not for us, but I don't think that is what is happening and that > enterprise is a red herring. I just think that there is some bad decision > making taking place. Well duh it's not good for you, but you're not the primary concern. Staying in business is Canonical's number one priority, and that means landing support contracts from enterprise customers. Tailoring their products to the enterprise environment is a necessary step towards that. > The decision making is faulty, IMO and contrary to the best interests of > Linux, ESPECIALLY if you are an enterprise user. I noticed on Lucid's list of > apps that KDE base is included. A wise decision would be to get rid of > F-spot, wait on PiTiVi and to include good KDE apps to replace bad GNOME > ones, like F-spot. They should sacrifice Mono to achieve this and IF they > want enterprise users then they should definitely scrap Mono. There is no "best interests of Linux." Linux is just fine. There is a best interest of Canonical as a business, and a best interest of the fanboys surrounding Ubuntu as a community. Guess who has the power? Canonical. The business need will win. Should have stuck with something purely community driven, like Kanotix or Debian. Or heck, even tried PC-BSD. Registered Linux Addict #431495 For Faith and Family! | John 3:16! http://cmiller.fsdev.net/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
