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[News] Ubuntu Linux Has Mastered Hype, Blind Acceptance

  • Subject: [News] Ubuntu Linux Has Mastered Hype, Blind Acceptance
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:23:21 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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Educating GNU/Linux users

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| More – if you know more than somebody, as Ubuntu’s developers obviously do, 
| you have an obligation to give them the opportunity. To do otherwise is to 
| dismiss the average person as willfully ignorant. Possibly, I’m naive, but 
| I’m not quite ready to regard others that way.   
| 
| Anyway, which came first: operating systems like Windows that prevent people 
| from learning about their computers, or users who were fixated on 
| accomplishing specific tasks. If computer users are task-oriented, at least 
| some of the time, the reason could be that they’re conditioned to be so. 
| Perhaps they’ve learned from Windows that prying into the inner workings of 
| their computer is awkward and difficult. We don’t really know how many users 
| will want to learn more, given the opportunity.       
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http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/2007/09/22/educating-gnulinux-users/

JeOS - its marketing not a new concept

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| The concept of JeOS is nothing new. The neat and effective buzz word JeOS 
| (pronounced "juice") was coined by VMware product manager Srinivas 
| Krishnamurti on his blog back on July 9th.  
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http://bleedingedgeopensource.blogspot.com/2007/09/concept-of-jeos-is-nothing-new.html

It's ironic that Ubuntu's momentum has become similar to what drove Windows
over the years.


Context:

Divining from the Entrails of Ubuntu's Gutsy Gibbon

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| According to the 2007 DesktopLinux.com survey, Ubuntu is the distribution of 
| choice for 30% of GNU/Linux users. The exact figure is questionable, but 
| Ubuntu's dominance is not. For an increasing number of people, Ubuntu is 
| GNU/Linux. Yet, looking at the pre-releases of Gutsy Gibbon, Ubuntu 7.10, I 
| found myself becoming disturbed by the degree to which this popularity has 
| translated into uncritical acceptance.     
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/entdev/article.php/3700666

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