Shuttleworth Says Ubuntu Can't Just Be Windows

ruphus13 writes "When Mark Shuttleworth was asked what role WINE will play in Ubuntu's success, he said that Ubuntu cannot simply be a better platform to run Windows apps. From the post, according to Shuttleworth, '[Windows and Linux] both play an important role but fundamentally, the free software ecosystem needs to thrive on its own rules. it is *different* to the proprietary software universe. We need to make a success of our own platform on our own terms. if Linux is just another way to run Windows apps, we can't win. OS/2 tried that ...' The post goes on to say, 'Linux simply isn't Windows (nor is Windows Linux) and to expect fundamentally different approaches (and I'm not just thinking closed versus open) to look, feel, and operate the same way is senseless.'"

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Re:But we must do somethings the "Windows" way

[binarylarry]

This is one of the stupidest posts I've ever read on Slashdot.

Of the advantages Windows has over the Linux desktop, software management is probably the furthest thing out there.

Linux software management with apt and yum simply ROCKS. When Windows runs into dependency issues, you're screwed. You get some vague error and code and almost every application has some kind of custom installer that you have to deal with.

Not the case on the Linux desktop.

Your last statement is even more stupid, for obvious reasons.