Unfortunate Ubuntu media coverage

[Evan Leibovitch]

JoeHill wrote:

> This is a nothing story from a nothing source written by a nobody.
Even if that's all true, the wonders of the Web allow it to be spread 
around far more than it deserves. Dismissing the article this way does 
not diminish its potential damage.

> It doesn't matter at all, except to the extent that people who might actually like Ubuntu are for some misguided reason paying attention to it and posting it to a million discussion groups.
>   

It matters to the point that it's a new excuse usable by those who have 
a vested interest in not considering open source. Given that Ubuntu is 
generally the Linux media darling and the usual default considered by 
new users, a knock against Ubuntu at this level is a general knock on 
Linux. Advocates at least ought to be prepared when this example -- 
useless as you think it may be -- gets trumped up by someone as 
a(nother) reason to stay with Microsoft. In these situations it's often 
helpful to not be caught offguard, even if the accusation is easy to refute.

- Evan
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