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Ubuntu Closes Longstanding Bug #1

Posted by timothy on from the sideways-looking-statement dept.

dargaud writes "Mark Shuttleworth of Ubuntu fame has closed the primal bug on Launchpad, standing since 2004 and titled 'Microsoft has a majority market share,' due to the 'changing realities' of tablets, smartphones, and wearable computing."

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  1. Silly rabbit... by David_Hart · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ....trixs are for kids

    I've been on Slashdot for a while now and I'll never understand the fanaticism that drives the UNIX culture that would spawn the
    1. Creation of a bug report that is, essentially, a political statement
    2. One that is left open for 9 years just because they are that childish
    3. Reporting said bug/political statement has been closed as if some monumental success has been achieved.

  2. Re:Closed Platforms by gallondr00nk · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Microsoft is losing market share to tablets and smartphones, but these are shut tighter than the PC platform ever was.

    Agreed, It's essentially a Phyrric victory. We didn't get all worked up about Microsoft back in the day just because it was Microsoft, but because their monopoly threatened the open nature of the PC platform. Now we have a mobile platform with two major players, one of which is closed in a way that Microsoft could only dream of.