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10-31-2011, 05:28 PM
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Judging Ubuntu: Failures and Successes
On Ubuntu's seventh anniversary, the dominant Linux distribution has a mixed record.
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12-03-2011, 10:08 AM
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Founder and dictator Mark Shuttleworth .....
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hmmm, had no idea, i'll be moving on from promoting ubuntu, any quick suggestions on distros that don't follow that model including benevolent?
had a google that described the above more like this
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Mark Shuttleworth calls himself the "Self-Appointed Benevolent Dictator For Life", or SABDFL, and the Ubuntu community often uses this name to refer to him
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12-05-2011, 11:08 AM
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Bah! Jeremy was the BDFL well before Shuttleworth.  |
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12-05-2011, 03:40 PM
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this part seems very problematic, disagreements are normal, i also oppose force that limits liberty or free will
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Raymond elaborates on how the nature of open source forces the "dictatorship" to keep itself benevolent, since a strong disagreement can lead to the forking of the project under the rule of new leaders.
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regardless of the above, imo, Ubuntu has done wonders for linux but it's probably over
Last edited by jonyo; 12-05-2011 at 03:48 PM.
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12-05-2011, 03:51 PM
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Bah! Jeremy was the BDFL well before Shuttleworth. |
Yeah, and Pat Volkerding even longer. |
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12-05-2011, 05:41 PM
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Thank "Bob" for Pat Volkerding!!!
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