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Interview With Mark Shuttleworth

Posted by kdawson on from the not-quite-yet dept.

suka writes "The founder of the Ubuntu project argues in a recent interview with derStandard.at that the time for mass consumer sales of Linux on the desktop has not yet come. He goes on to talk about the integration of proprietary drivers, the One Laptop per Child project, and 'great applications' from Microsoft."

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  1. Oh I see how it is by antireverser · · Score: 5, Funny

    He sounds pretty cool, for a communist!

    Remember kids, when you download GNU/Linux, you're installing with Stallman, who is the new Stalin!

    1. Re:Oh I see how it is by WaZiX · · Score: 5, Funny

      In Soviet Ubuntu, apt gets you?

      dpkg-reconfigure humor damnit!

    2. Re:Oh I see how it is by maxwell+demon · · Score: 3, Funny

      In Soviet Ubuntu, apt gets you? Well, from the article:
      this version of Ubuntu will not include any video footage unless it also includes either the source content or access to the source content.
      Well, the source content of a video is whatever was filmed. So better make sure you're not on a video distributed with Ubuntu. :-)
      --
      The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
  2. Re:It's full of source! by Qzukk · · Score: 4, Funny

    How many CDs will it take to ship all of that?

    I dunno... probably somewhere around 21.

    --
    If I have been able to see further than others, it is because I bought a pair of binoculars.
  3. Re:Not to be rude, but... by BuR4N · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not to be rude, but, here, have a free CR/LF (free as in beer).

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    http://www.intellipool.se/ - Intellipool Network Monitor
  4. Re:Not to be rude, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    When the number of components grows as N, the work to make them work grows as N^2

    N!, as any traveling salesman should know :)

  5. How to Sell Linux to the Masses by triso · · Score: 5, Funny

    Linux Advertisement 1.

    INT - MARY'S HOME OFFICE.
    [Mary is seen banging her hand down on her desk]
    MARY:
    Damn!
    [John comes into the picture]
    JOHN:
    Hey Mary, what's wrong?
    [In a frustrated voice]
    MARY:
    My computer is as slow as molasses...
    and all those pop-ups...
    I can't get any work done.
    JOHN:
    That's because you're using Windows XP and Internet Explorer.
    [Intrigued, Mary turns to John and looks into his eyes]
    MARY:
    Go on.
    JOHN:
    I use Linux and I'm never going back. No more blue-screens-of-death, re-boots, re-installs, pop-ups, virus attacks and no more spy-ware.
    MARY:
    But I'm not a geek.
    JOHN:
    Linux isn't just for geeks anymore and it's free. You can share it with your friends, too.
    MARY:
    Sounds great. How do I get copy?
    JOHN:
    I'll bring the disks and install it for you on Saturday.
    [Mary is now elated]
    MARY:
    Sounds like a plan. Can I go down on you?
    JOHN:
    Sure!
    [Fade to black]
    VOICE OVER:
    Linux...Look for the Penguin.
    SFX: Zipper opening
    MARY:
    Oh John, I never knew.
    SFX: Slurping sounds.