<p>Question: what problem does Mir solve?</p>
<p>Seems in many ways a solution in search of a problem. Remember how Pulseaudio "solved" all those problems with ALSA?</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mar 13, 2013 9:17 PM, "Antonio Sun" <<a href="mailto:antoniosun-N9AOi2cAC9ZBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org">antoniosun-N9AOi2cAC9ZBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Ubuntu has an ambitious plan to <span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Ubuntu Beta',UbuntuBeta,Ubuntu,'Bitstream Vera Sans','DejaVu Sans',Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px">develope a next generation display server known as </span><a href="http://launchpad.net/mir" style="color:rgb(221,72,20);text-decoration:initial;font-family:'Ubuntu Beta',UbuntuBeta,Ubuntu,'Bitstream Vera Sans','DejaVu Sans',Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px" target="_blank">Mir</a><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Ubuntu Beta',UbuntuBeta,Ubuntu,'Bitstream Vera Sans','DejaVu Sans',Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px">.</span><div>
<a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MirSpec" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MirSpec</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>To be honest, I wasn't even following the Wayland / Weston attempts. Now that Ubuntu already has its own Ubuntu phone and Ubuntu tablets, I start to wonder if this thing is going to fly. What do you think? Is Ubuntu pushing Mir forward single-handed, or some other players are in the ring as well? </div>
<div><br></div><div>Personally I don't like Ubuntu's Unity interface, and Qt, which is what Mir is based on. But I'd like to hear you view on this. </div><div><br></div><div>Please comment. </div><div>
<br></div><div>Thanks</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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