Telco dumps Red Hat for Ubuntu
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| Providing location information to thousands of mobile phone users is all in a
| day's work for Ubuntu Linux, which has replaced popular enterprise
| distribution Red Hat for Locatrix Communications' mission-critical workloads.
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http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1500265380;fp;4;fpid;18
Idea: Unify the Ubuntu name
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| Why don't we come up with some new names that are easier to understand?
| Something like this:
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| * "Ubuntu School Edition" - The OS formerly known as Edubuntu
| * "Ubuntu Lightweight Desktop Edition" - (Xubuntu)
| * "Ubuntu Desktop Edition with KDE" - (Kubuntu)
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http://useopensource.blogspot.com/2007/08/idea-unify-ubuntu-name.html
Related:
Ubuntu Creator Reaches Out to Novell, Red Hat
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| Shuttleworth’s goal is to ensure Ubuntu, Red Hat, Novell and other major
| providers have a blockbuster lineup of new, coordinated offerings in 2010.
| It’s Sunday, folks, so I’m not sure how Novell and Red Hat will react and
| they’re not available for comment. However, the announcement by Shuttleworth
| essentially tries to rally the Linux market to offer enterprises releases on
| a predictable two-year schedule (2008, 2010, 2012, etc.).
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http://techiqmag.com/2007/07/22/ubuntu-creator-reaches-out-to-novell-red-hat/
How Canonical Stays on the Light Side
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| By focusing on enabling users, and keeping the commercial interests of
| Canonical separate from the interests of the community, Shuttleworth hopes to
| avoid the fate of another company who once upon a time was very interested in
| user enpowerment.
|
| "I think what ultimately went wrong... was the desire people have to win
| supersedes all else. As soon as you get that, then you get a sort of
| pathological level of behavior where people's actions and the decisions that
| they are making ensures they will continue to win," Shuttleworth said.
|
| That company? Microsoft.
|
| Clearly Shuttleworth does not to walk the same path as Ubuntu anCanonical
| become more successful with the passing days, and his company reflects the
| vigilance to avoid such a fate.
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http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/interviews/6405/1/
Launchpad PPA Service: Software Development the Ubuntu Way
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| During the Ubuntu Live Conference in Portland, Ore., Canonical announced the
| beta release of its Launchpad PPA (Personal Package Archive) service, a new
| way for developers to build and publish packages of their code,
| documentation, artwork, themes and other contributions to free software.
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS5056230026.html
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