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Shuttleworth on Ubuntu's Direction and Intent
cj2003 writes "Mark Shuttleworth has released a FAQ about Ubuntu's Direction and Intent. It comments on the discussions of funding, of being a Debian-fork or not, of the strange names, and many other 'hot topics' relating to Ubuntu. In his own words: 'This document exists to give the community some insight into my thinking, and to a certain extent that of the Community Council, Technical Board and other governance structures - on some of the issues and decisions that have been controversial.'"
...have really got to go. I think Ubuntu is a decent distro (have it on my laptop), but their "marketing" is unprofessional, to say the least. First it was the half naked and interracial menage-a-trois, which they mercifully 86'ed, and still these ridiculous names. It'd be one thing if they were codenames for release candidates and died with the final - numbered - release, but no, the names live on, in all their campy glory (cf. the dapper drake "gay duck" future release, mentioned in a recent review of Ubuntu). I suppose now might be a good time to point out that their release numbering scheme is very nice, also, I can't argue with the free CDs.
Ubuntu might be popular within its own community, but the distro won't go mainstream until its image matures past high school sophomore.