Comments on: Is Canonical Becoming The New Microsoft? [Updated] http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2010/02/09/is-canonical-becoming-the-new-microsoft/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-canonical-becoming-the-new-microsoft The Magic of Open Source Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:02:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Freedom, Ubuntu and offsetting your proprietary footprint http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2010/02/09/is-canonical-becoming-the-new-microsoft/comment-page-2/#comment-24801 Freedom, Ubuntu and offsetting your proprietary footprint Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:34:38 +0000 http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=2214#comment-24801 [...] am concerned about where Canonical is taking Ubuntu (see this article and the follow-up post and comments for a better discussion than I could hope to give [...] [...] am concerned about where Canonical is taking Ubuntu (see this article and the follow-up post and comments for a better discussion than I could hope to give [...]

]]> By: Jose_X http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2010/02/09/is-canonical-becoming-the-new-microsoft/comment-page-2/#comment-14541 Jose_X Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:15:53 +0000 http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=2214#comment-14541 Linux is about freedom. Uninstall it if you don't want it. Microsoft, in particular, strikes deals with vendors and keeps trade secrets that make it difficult to get Windows applications to run well on Linux without a great amount of work by developers porting the applications to Linux. This is why I chucked Windows: Microsoft keeps interoperability details a trade secret. Microsoft does not value users' freedom or they would have opened up their source code a long time ago. Linux is all open source. Open and transparent. That is what freedom is about. Use it or don't use it, but you cannot be locked in. I don't like to support companies that don't believe in freedom, so while it is possible to port software to Windows, I refuse to give my free time to help out Windows and Microsoft. They can go spend their monopoly money paying people to port Linux apps to Windows and supporting Windows protocols so that Windows doesn't fall too far behind Linux in the upcoming years. I don't contribute freebies to monopolists. Linux is about freedom. Uninstall it if you don’t want it.

Microsoft, in particular, strikes deals with vendors and keeps trade secrets that make it difficult to get Windows applications to run well on Linux without a great amount of work by developers porting the applications to Linux. This is why I chucked Windows: Microsoft keeps interoperability details a trade secret. Microsoft does not value users’ freedom or they would have opened up their source code a long time ago.

Linux is all open source. Open and transparent. That is what freedom is about. Use it or don’t use it, but you cannot be locked in.

I don’t like to support companies that don’t believe in freedom, so while it is possible to port software to Windows, I refuse to give my free time to help out Windows and Microsoft. They can go spend their monopoly money paying people to port Linux apps to Windows and supporting Windows protocols so that Windows doesn’t fall too far behind Linux in the upcoming years. I don’t contribute freebies to monopolists.

]]> By: Brent http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2010/02/09/is-canonical-becoming-the-new-microsoft/comment-page-2/#comment-14527 Brent Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:37:10 +0000 http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=2214#comment-14527 So freedom to you means that I must only install what you say I can install in my system? Doesn't freedom mean I can do whatever I want? Has it ever occurred to you that one of the top things holding Linux back from the mainstream is the zealotry and ridiculousness of the tyranny of your definition of freedom, which isn't really freedom at all, but just you wanting things to be pure according to your own standard? Freedom in my world would be that I can run whatever application I want, on whatever platform I want, without anybody else being the least bit concerned about what I choose to do. That would be bliss... So freedom to you means that I must only install what you say I can install in my system? Doesn’t freedom mean I can do whatever I want? Has it ever occurred to you that one of the top things holding Linux back from the mainstream is the zealotry and ridiculousness of the tyranny of your definition of freedom, which isn’t really freedom at all, but just you wanting things to be pure according to your own standard? Freedom in my world would be that I can run whatever application I want, on whatever platform I want, without anybody else being the least bit concerned about what I choose to do. That would be bliss…

]]> By: Arkadi http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2010/02/09/is-canonical-becoming-the-new-microsoft/comment-page-2/#comment-14088 Arkadi Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:22:20 +0000 http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=2214#comment-14088 Totally agree with - Ryan Wdzieczny, Ubuntu do everything that must be done to converting people into Linux users. Totally agree with – Ryan Wdzieczny,
Ubuntu do everything that must be done to converting people into Linux users.

]]> By: David http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2010/02/09/is-canonical-becoming-the-new-microsoft/comment-page-2/#comment-14084 David Fri, 04 Jun 2010 06:32:47 +0000 http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=2214#comment-14084 It isn't "hate", don't equate highlighting flaws as "hate", that just shows you aren't paying attention. It isn’t “hate”, don’t equate highlighting flaws as “hate”, that just shows you aren’t paying attention.

]]> By: Ryan Wdzieczny http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2010/02/09/is-canonical-becoming-the-new-microsoft/comment-page-2/#comment-14079 Ryan Wdzieczny Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:45:04 +0000 http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=2214#comment-14079 Honestly I say its about damn time I can't really comprehend the ubuntu hate when is the last time any Linux company has had the financial backing to launch such an aggressive marketing campaign and has succeeded in converting a few million people to Linux. How many other Linux's have been deployed by an OEM? Honestly I say its about damn time I can’t really comprehend the ubuntu hate when is the last time any Linux company has had the financial backing to launch such an aggressive marketing campaign and has succeeded in converting a few million people to Linux. How many other Linux’s have been deployed by an OEM?

]]> By: Mark Shuttleworth d’Ubuntu n’est pas motivé par la haine de Microsoft « Injazz Consulting's blog http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2010/02/09/is-canonical-becoming-the-new-microsoft/comment-page-2/#comment-12979 Mark Shuttleworth d’Ubuntu n’est pas motivé par la haine de Microsoft « Injazz Consulting's blog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:33:54 +0000 http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=2214#comment-12979 [...] Se contentant de lister quelque éléments selon lui sujets à caution, c’est un pas que n’a cependant pas hésité à franchir un dénommé Alan Lord sur son blog, dans un court et lapidaire billet intitulé explicitement Is Canonical Becoming The New Microsoft?2. [...] [...] Se contentant de lister quelque éléments selon lui sujets à caution, c’est un pas que n’a cependant pas hésité à franchir un dénommé Alan Lord sur son blog, dans un court et lapidaire billet intitulé explicitement Is Canonical Becoming The New Microsoft?2. [...]

]]> By: louiz' http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2010/02/09/is-canonical-becoming-the-new-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-12970 louiz' Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:01:06 +0000 http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=2214#comment-12970 Even though the Ubuntu One's server is not Free, at least the client is. With dropbox, BOTH the client and the server are proprietary software, it's a lot worse! Even though the Ubuntu One’s server is not Free, at least the client is.
With dropbox, BOTH the client and the server are proprietary software, it’s a lot worse!

]]> By: Tom http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2010/02/09/is-canonical-becoming-the-new-microsoft/comment-page-2/#comment-12785 Tom Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:10:52 +0000 http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=2214#comment-12785 The first three reasons are turning a loyal user of ubuntu away from itself, i think its better to hear and act on what our RMS has to say.. just google about the mono saga and you'll come to know it's a bomb ticking on the OSS community.. The first three reasons are turning a loyal user of ubuntu away from itself, i think its better to hear and act on what our RMS has to say.. just google about the mono saga and you’ll come to know it’s a bomb ticking on the OSS community..

]]> By: Full Circle Podcast #1: Stop Wine-ing and Go Native! « Gustavo Pimentel's GNU/Linux blog http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2010/02/09/is-canonical-becoming-the-new-microsoft/comment-page-2/#comment-12782 Full Circle Podcast #1: Stop Wine-ing and Go Native! « Gustavo Pimentel's GNU/Linux blog Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:05:51 +0000 http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=2214#comment-12782 [...] 3. ¿Canonical devendrá la nueva Microsoft? http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2010/02/09/is-canonical-becoming-the-new-microsoft/ [...] [...] 3. ¿Canonical devendrá la nueva Microsoft? http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2010/02/09/is-canonical-becoming-the-new-microsoft/ [...]

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