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New priorities for Ubuntu?
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| It's not just UbuntuOne, it's the new SocialMe
| desktop, the switching window buttons, the
| ever-changing selection of default
| applications. Each new release of Ubuntu
| brings with it new tools, new ways of doing
| things and new challenges.
|
| Change is necessary and one of the things I
| most value about Ubuntu is the ever-present
| push to innovate. UbuntuOne, SocialMe and
| others are great examples of how Ubuntu is
| innovating.
|
| The thing is that as Ubuntu grows it begins to
| attract new users, and the quickest way to
| alienate new users is to make it hard for them
| to do what they want to do. Or worse, promise
| something but not do it. Users are more likely
| to stick with something that works well than
| something that mostly works but has lots of
| potential.
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http://mybroadband.co.za/news/columns/12975-New-priorities-for-Ubuntu.html
Meritocracy vs. Democracy
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| The definition for 'Informed' is: "To supply
| (oneself) with knowledge of a matter or
| subject." How do you do this without coming to
| a consensus with the community? I don't care
| who makes the decisions in the end, but to be
| informed you must listen to the community. And
| to "fix" a problem you must first understand
| the problem and know the best solution, the
| users must not still have a problem, otherwise
| it's not a proper solution and the
| "decisionmaker" was not "informed."
|
| Mark Shuttleworth doesn't make good decisions.
| As for Jono, the community manager job is NOT
| to make excuses for bad decisions, it is to
| represent the community (just as we in the
| U.S. elect each person to represent us, this
| is democracy, and this is how good software is
| developed.)
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http://www.tildehash.com/?article=meritocracy-vs-democracy
Mark Shuttleworth's business concept is flawed
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| Last week an old discussion flared up once
| again when TildeHash published "Meritocracy
| vs. Democracy", a long lament for.. the
| position of a few buttons!
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http://thebeezspeaks.blogspot.com/2010/06/mark-shuttleworths-business-concept-is.html
Ubuntu a Work in Progress
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| I didnât get to see Jono Baconâs post Ubuntu:
| meritocracy not democracy until today. Shame I
| missed it, I like reading this stuff.
|
| [...]
|
| Of course scale that up to 12 million users
| and you suddenly see why some people want to
| start having democracy or at least hierarchy.
| Users canât reasonable expect to be listened
| to, even though their input is vital to drag
| Ubuntu out of the programmer paradise and into
| the mainstream.
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http://doctormo.org/2010/06/14/ubuntu-a-work-in-progress/
Recent:
Andalusia deploys 220,000 Ubuntu desktops in schools throughout the region
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| The Andalusian Regional Government, Spain,
| wanted to improve access to IT in schools
| throughout the region. It asked IT services
| company infrastructure to connect 2,000
| schools in Andalusia. Isotrol implemented
| 220,000 Ubuntu-based workstations in more
| than 2,000 schools throughout the region.
| Now, technology plays an integral role in
| delivering a more dynamic learning
| experience in schools across Andalusia.
| Teachers and students can share information
| quickly and easily, while each school
| receives dedicated support from a
| centralised support service.
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http://www.ubuntu.com/products/casestudies/Andalusia-deploys-220000-Ubuntu-desktops-in-schools-throughout-the-region
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