Ubuntu Developer Summits Shifting Online, Increasing Frequency

hypnosec writes "Ubuntu Developer Summits Community Manager Jono Bacon has announced that the bi-annual Ubuntu Developer Summits, which were held at different locations like Brussels, Oakland, Copenhagen will be replaced by online events by moving to the cloud. Bacon revealed that the event has been successful, but in a bid to bring about improvements and refinement in the openness and accessibility of the event, it is going to transition into an online event." They are also going to be held every three months instead of every six.

Comments

TO THE CLOUD

[ogar572]

AND BEYOND!!!!!!!!!!! I hate marketing jargon especially "cloud".

Re:TO THE CLOUD

[Mister Liberty]

Didn't you know that Ubuntu, formerly a beloved Linux
distribution, became a PR-Machine some time ago.

Eliminating physical events is a bad idea. Bad sid

[Frank T. Lofaro Jr.]

The bad side of technology (*), those that wanted face to face events are now denied it. The benefits of that are now gone.

Online in addition, ok, but canceling physical events, including one already scheduled and that people have already made arrangements for (travel, time off, etc) is bad.

People can socialize and network at a physical event, there are somethings online only lacks.

(*) Technology has also caused the loss of video stores, CD stores, so many things are hard to buy locally now. Technology should add options, not destroy them!

"Refining" Openness and Accessibility = Reducing

[TrueSatan]

Forcing anyone who might wish to participate to join Google+ Hangouts also forces them to allow Google access to their real names and personal data thus Canonical yet again sjows that it has no, real, understanding, nor interest, in openness or accessibility and still less personal freedom and privacy. As they have with their Amazon affiliate contract they care more about commercial interests than the rights of their users or developers. Like the EFF and the FSF I never include Ubuntu GNU/Linux in any recommendation list...actually I steer people away from it.

The best part!

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

Even better, the online summits will feature a constant "Sponsor sidebar" containing products selected algorithmically based on keywords detected within the conversation! It's going to be the ultimate in integrated consumer infotainment...

Re:"Refining" Openness and Accessibility = Reducin

[Anonymous Coward]

Professionals already use their real names on forums where they discuss professional topics. Did you expect people to take someone called TrueSatan seriously in a professional environment? Anonymity is for people under tyrannical regimes, and for recreational forums where we don't want our unprofessional posts to merge with our professional life.

Here's why I'm glad it's all open source

[dkleinsc]

I don't have to concern myself with Ubuntu anymore. They've had their run, and have pretty clearly jumped the shark. And thankfully, because most of their work is on GPL'd code, we can abandon the organization entirely without losing any of the work that they did.

In other words, Mr Shuttleworth, so long and thanks for all the fish.

Re:Here's why I'm glad it's all open source

[bigredradio]

In other words, Mr Shuttleworth, so long and thanks for all the fish.

Actually, I would say thanks for spending a lot of money to create and promote a Linux distribution that even non-linux geeks have heard about. He has done more to increase exposure of Linux than most anyone. It's unfortunate that Canonical isn't doing well since I think most people would say that building a sustainable model to keep Linux in the spotlight is a good thing for the community as a whole. Guess what?... servers and bandwidth cost money. Advertising and putting on events cost money. When was the last time you contributed to your local LUG to keep it afloat?

Re:Bi-annual != biennial

[bipbop]

The OED says biannual is twice a year and biennial is every two years. That appears to be the opposite of what you're claiming.