interesting article about uneasiness with Ubuntu/Canonical

[Russell Reiter]

My favourite comment on communication comes from the playwright Brian
Freil. In Communication Chord, which is a slamming door comedy. He
addresses the science of communication. To paraphrase;

It is not just enough that the mechanical process of communication, which
is the vibration of vocal chords, the disturbance of air molecules and the
resulting sympathetic resonance of Auricle, Cochlea, Malleus, Incus and
Stapes, is met in order to communicate; there must be a shared metaphor.

Humans think pictorially and for there to be effective communication, that
picture must be a shared one.

Also: It's been said that, one thing which allows civilization to continue
is the fact that after devastating battles, it is the the survivors who
pick themselves up after the dust has settled and shake hands and walk away
from further conflict who's versions of the battle prevail.

In the context of the article, keeping accurate track of your roots is
fundamental to development. Often little errors and omissions compound
fractures and create chasm's.

Is Ubuntu Debian, is Debian Ubuntu? It all depends on your frame of
reference. In the rapidly changing and mutable cyberspace, anything is
possible.







On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 9:55 AM, D. Hugh Redelmeier <hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> This article seemed insightful.  But maybe only because it matches my
> feelings.
> <
> http://www.datamation.com/open-source/ubuntu-and-the-unspoken-rules-1.html
> >
>
> This is also interesting:
> <http://www.datamation.com/open-source/ubuntus-community-problem-1.html>
>
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