[Cialug] Ubuntu in NYT

[Todd Walton]

On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 10:14 PM, Allen Kiddoo <adk at 52761.com> wrote:
> Here tis the real thing on NYT site-
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/business/11ubuntu.html?_r=2&th&emc=th

Ah!  I had happened to read that story earlier today.  I agree, it's a
good write-up.  It gives a good overview of the state of Linux to
someone uninitiated, but without falling back to the same old cliches.
 One bit of meat in there...

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"Mark [Shuttleworth] is very genuine and fundamentally believes in
open source," said Matt Asay, a commentator on open-source technology
and an executive at the software maker Alfresco. "But I think he's
going to have a crisis of faith at some point."

Mr. Asay wonders if Canonical can sustain its "give everything away"
model and "always open" ideology.
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I think that kind of negative comment is a pretty easy thing for
someone in the peanut gallery to throw out there.  Mark Shuttleworth
has done a *lot* for FOSS and I respect him.  That comment kind of
makes me think of someone watching Michael Phelps swim in the Olympics
and saying, "At some point he'll be too old to swim."

-todd