Whenceforth the Ubuntu fanboyz now?

[ted leslie]

http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/archive/cancomical-lynchpad


the paranoid angle.

-tl


On Thu, 2007-02-08 at 16:48 -0500, George Nicol wrote:
> Canonical Ltd., the sponsor of Ubuntu, and Linspire Inc. the developer 
> of Linspire and Freespire, on February 8 announced a technology 
> partnership to integrate with each other's Linux distributions.
> http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7103672739.html
> 
> The Linspire Canonical Partnership FAQ:
> http://wiki.freespire.org/index.php/Linspire_Canonical_Partnership_FAQ
> 
> Ubuntu/CNR Integrated Packaging System diagram:
> http://media.linspire.com/cnr/images/CNR-system2.jpg
> 
> Perhaps the technology partnership announced by Kevin Carmony and Mark 
> Shuttleworth will foster "advancing and unifying the Linux desktop" and 
> "offer differentiation and choice, while reducing fragmentation" 
> (Carmony) "based on sharing and collaboration" "rather than duplicating 
> that work" (Shuttleworth).
> 
> Perhaps it will encourage the Ubuntu fanboyz to work with TLUG as a SIG 
> and embrace cooperation to benefit all from the combined experience, 
> wisdom, and resources.
> 
> Perhaps not.
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