Interview with Mark Shuttlesworth on Ubuntu and the Linux Desktop

[Mazza558]

http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osr...2068_3757246_1

Very interesting new interview about the future of Ubuntu. I liked the last question and answer:

In conclusion, so how was your trip into outer space? Did it inspire your approach to Ubuntu in any way?

Perhaps, yeah – I hadn’t thought about it those terms. But it’s certainly true when you have the great, great privilege of seeing the world as it really is, from that perspective, you want everything you do to have an impact that transcends boundaries. There may well be a connection there.

It was obviously a tremendous privilege, and I hope to fly again – but I don’t want to hog up the seats.

I was convinced that his trip into space inspired him to create Ubuntu. Viewing the earth from space seems to have a strange power over people, who return to earth completely inspired into doing something meaningful, in this case, Ubuntu.

[artir]

He thinks the same as I:

We see Apple as the gold standard of the user experience. We believe that, while it can be a challenge, the innovation inherent in the Free software process can deliver an experience that is comparable and in many ways superior.

So Canonical will in fact launch an effort to try and spearhead that. And over a period of 2 years, really move the dial forward on the desktop experience.

[phrostbyte]

Hopefully one day everyone will have a chance to visit space. We as a society need to get much better at science, I think. It's terrible the state of affairs in the world. I think advanced physics should be a required class for everyone in secondary school.

[TheAL76]

Very sensible responses, IMO.

[fatality_uk]

Actually poses another question in my head after reading that.

Where would Linux be without Canonical?

Would we all still be clammering for better desktop support, or still huddled around monitors in the back room of pubs at local lug meets? Mr. Shuttleworth has given Linux the major kick start it needed and with MSI, Asus, Dell, and many others looking to Linux as a "true" Windows alternative, you gotta take your hat off to him.

[madjr]

http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osr...2068_3757246_1

Very interesting new interview about the future of Ubuntu. I liked the last question and answer:



I was convinced that his trip into space inspired him to create Ubuntu. Viewing the earth from space seems to have a strange power over people, who return to earth completely inspired into doing something meaningful, in this case, Ubuntu.

i vote to sending Bill Gates, Baldmer and Jobs into space !

maybe they will change their ways and those big fat ambitions

[fatality_uk]

i vote to sending Bill Gates, Baldmer and Jobs into space !

maybe they will change their ways and those big fat ambitions

Nah, they will most likely say:

"I own that island, that piece of land, all of that down there and move over I want to see Greenland"

[sdowney717]

I think linux could someday be greater than all the other OS.
You got to admit having MS, linux and Apple as antagonists does I think push them all forward.

[madjr]

Originally Posted by madjr
i vote to sending Bill Gates, Baldmer and Jobs into space !

maybe they will change their ways and those big fat ambitions

Nah, they will most likely say:

"I own that island, that piece of land, all of that down there and move over I want to see Greenland"

not if their spaceship "mysteriously" starts heading towards the sun

[samjh]

i vote to sending Bill Gates, Baldmer and Jobs into space !

maybe they will change their ways and those big fat ambitions

Ballmer and Jobs, yes. But Gates already does a great deal of charity.

I was convinced that his trip into space inspired him to create Ubuntu. Viewing the earth from space seems to have a strange power over people, who return to earth completely inspired into doing something meaningful

It sure does.

When I saw the Pale Blue Dot for the first time, it had quite a profound effect on the way I see myself and the world we all live in.