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Shuttleworth steps down as Ubuntu CEO

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Re: Shuttleworth steps down as Ubuntu CEO

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Re: Shuttleworth steps down as Ubuntu CEO

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This could be a good thing for both Ubuntu and Canonical. From what I've seen/read/heard Shuttleworth never showed much interest in Canonical the company and spent all his time evangelizing Ubuntu the distribution. By getting someone with more interest in the business side of things running the business side things hopefully Canonical can grow into whatever it was hoping to grow into. This will also leave Mark with m…

Or Canonical will do to Ubuntu what Novel did to SuSE. Ever hear of SuSE anymore? Neither has anyone else...

Re: Shuttleworth steps down as Ubuntu CEO

#14
post #4

This could be a good thing for both Ubuntu and Canonical. From what I've seen/read/heard Shuttleworth never showed much interest in Canonical the company and spent all his time evangelizing Ubuntu the distribution. By getting someone with more interest in the business side of things running the business side things hopefully Canonical can grow into whatever it was hoping to grow into. This will also leave Mark with m…

Or Canonical will do to Ubuntu what Novel did to SuSE. Ever hear of SuSE anymore? Neither has anyone else...

This is an absurd comparison. Novell purchased SuSE at a time well past Novell's peak as a company. Jane Silber has been the business lieutenant at Canonical since its youth, and Shuttleworth's plan from the start was to both publish a free OS and support that effort with related business.

This is about someone who's been a key behind-the-scenes manager at Canonical for many years getting a promotion.

Re: Shuttleworth steps down as Ubuntu CEO

#15
post #4

This could be a good thing for both Ubuntu and Canonical. From what I've seen/read/heard Shuttleworth never showed much interest in Canonical the company and spent all his time evangelizing Ubuntu the distribution. By getting someone with more interest in the business side of things running the business side things hopefully Canonical can grow into whatever it was hoping to grow into. This will also leave Mark with m…

Or Canonical will do to Ubuntu what Novel did to SuSE. Ever hear of SuSE anymore? Neither has anyone else...

While Silber is the CEO, Shuttleworth is still the owner of the company. If he wants to continue pushing Ubuntu, I doubt Canonical's goals wouldn't be aligned.

And there's also the Ubuntu Foundation, created specifically for the reason of continuing to push Ubuntu distro after Shuttleworth steps away. So from that point, I don't think Ubuntu is in jeopardy.

Another point is whether Ubuntu would become a (greater) channel for distributing/marketing Canonical's money-making products to the wide public (e.g. Ubuntu One), and whether Canonical would push so hard as to _negatively_ impact Ubuntu itself.

Re: Shuttleworth steps down as Ubuntu CEO

#16
post #4

This could be a good thing for both Ubuntu and Canonical. From what I've seen/read/heard Shuttleworth never showed much interest in Canonical the company and spent all his time evangelizing Ubuntu the distribution. By getting someone with more interest in the business side of things running the business side things hopefully Canonical can grow into whatever it was hoping to grow into. This will also leave Mark with m…

Or Canonical will do to Ubuntu what Novel did to SuSE. Ever hear of SuSE anymore? Neither has anyone else...

I actually use OpenSuSE as my main distro of choice, but I get your point. The problem was that once Novell swallowed SuSE there was no one around to really push or advocate SuSE. Novell took the bits they needed and spat out the rest for the "community" do to what they want with. No one at Novell really had any interest in SuSE Hopefully Mark continuously advocating and fighting for Ubuntu and still being closely involved with (and, for that matter, owning) the company will prevent Canonical from cannibalizing it for a quick buck.

Re: Shuttleworth steps down as Ubuntu CEO

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Re: Shuttleworth steps down as Ubuntu CEO

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As a Linux user since 1992, Ubuntu is my favorite distro, out of many great distros. Mark Shuttleworth has really done the whole world a great service, definitely someone who has given something back to the world. I use Ubuntu on all of my servers, most of my customers' deployments, and boot it on my MacBook. I hope that Shuttleworth keeps putting a lot of energy into promoting Ubuntu.

Re: Shuttleworth steps down as Ubuntu CEO

#19
post #7

Too bad, his vision has really dramatically changed the desktop linux landscape. For many users, Desktop Linux is Ubuntu.

FTA: > Shuttleworth added that he will not, in any way, shape, or form be leaving Ubuntu. In an interview, Shuttleworth said that he's will stay head of the Ubuntu Community Council and the Ubuntu Technical Board. [...] "I will be spending more time on the areas that interest me the most and where I feel I can do the most good." [...] Neither Ubuntu nor Canonical will be changing its direction. Looking ahead Shuttlew…

Well, we'll see.

Re: Shuttleworth steps down as Ubuntu CEO

#20
post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or Canonical will do to Ubuntu what Novel did to SuSE. Ever hear of SuSE anymore? Neither has anyone else...

I actually use OpenSuSE as my main distro of choice, but I get your point. The problem was that once Novell swallowed SuSE there was no one around to really push or advocate SuSE. Novell took the bits they needed and spat out the rest for the "community" do to what they want with. No one at Novell really had any interest in SuSE Hopefully Mark continuously advocating and fighting for Ubuntu and still being closely in…

I too use OpenSuSE, though lately I upgraded to a mbp. I might switch back to Ubuntu (I used it for 3 years). Everywhere I go, whenever I say I am a linux user, the first thing people say is, "Oh, Ubuntu?" When I tell them I use SuSE a lot of them are like "what's that?"

Which is surprising given that SuSE used to be big...and I thought it still was, sort of.

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