Much things to ponder about.... On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 9:40 AM, Raihan Hasnain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If you believe online forums and blogs, Ubuntu must be the most hated > Linux distribution on earth. Not only is it funded by a millionaire > space tourist and aggressive capitalist, it also exists (according to > another Linux company's CEO) for the sole purpose of destroying all > other distributions that exist on the market. It is reportedly a > parasite that takes all the code from Debian without contributing much > back and despite all its "software for humanity" talk, it keeps > developing proprietary software solutions (e.g. Launchpad). Mark > Shuttleworth's recent suggestion to synchronise distribution releases > in order to coordinate bug-fixing work was greeted with a suspicion > that he merely wants "to benefit from a lot of work that Novell and > Red Hat are already doing in the enterprise space." So what makes > people dislike and mistrust Ubuntu so much? > > I don't think it's specifically Ubuntu that many people have a problem > with. Throughout the history of our coverage of distributions here at > DistroWatch, it was always the top one that some readers appeared to > dislike most. If you've been around in the early parts of this decade, > you might remember that Mandrake Linux went through similar pains - it > kept getting a high number of reviews, but it also attracted more than > its fair share of negativity on user forums. Interestingly, now that > it acts from the position of an underdog, it has suddenly become the > darling of the distro world, with excellent products and barely any > criticism - but also hardly any reviews. It is the same as when a > group of unbiased spectators watches a sporting contest between a > clear favourite and an unfancied underdog - they will undoubtedly > support the latter with all their might! It's the human nature. > > The fact that many people dislike the top distribution is not really a > problem. The problem is that many of these folks are extremely vocal > on the Internet to express their opinions. While no intelligent reader > will ever take them seriously, they do give the Linux community a bad > name and discourage potential Linux users from joining us. Can > anything be done about this? Not much, it seems. Until people start > reading their own posts and realise that senseless negativity towards > the most popular distribution is counter-productive, we will have to > live with the unfortunate fact that the top dog will always be the > most hated one too - at least in the more immature and destructive > circles on the Internet. > > > Source: Distrowatch > > -- > ubuntu-bd mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd > -- ubuntu-bd mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd
