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Times damns Ubuntu with faint praise

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on · 3 comments
DesktopLinux.com; By Henry Kingman 		Mail this story
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The New York Times has published an interview story on Mark Shuttleworth, apparently made during Canonical's Ubuntu Developer Summit last month at Google's Mountain View headquarters. Ashlee Vance, story author, appears to view Ubuntu -- despite many successes -- as the flashy but flawed plaything of a quixotic billionaire.

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ColonelPanik ·
Of course the NYTimes is a leading tech publication. The article in the times seems to talk more about Saint Mark's lifestyle than Ubuntu. And still, no one can wrap their head around the idea of giving away software. Or giving away anything. It is not the 1980's "ME" world anymore.
tuxchick ·
Ashlee Vance is a snarky gossip columnist. I'm surprised that someone as media-savvy as Mark Shuttleworth would do an interview with Vance, it's like asking to be mocked, and to get the important facts wrong.
jezuch ·
You know, he was in space. Maybe he underwent a training like this described by The Onion? http://www.theonion.com/content/video/nasa_simulator_prepare...

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