The cost of Ubuntu's Success

[goplexian]

http://www.goplexian.com/2010/02/cost-of-ubuntus-success.html

[patio11]

In the left corner we have an advertising company whose flagship product is closed source software, and in the right corner we have a software company whose flagship product is closed source software. Linux users, declare your tribal affinities!

[goplexian → patio11]

True enough, I guess it is clear which tribal affinity I possess by that article, but at the same time I do not make that choice without reason.

While both flagship products may be closed source I dont think it is very fair to compare the two company's on that basis alone.

[danblick]

It seems wrong to write an article about Canonical (Ubuntu) and Microsoft without mentioning "Bug #1": https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1

[gte910h]

Nothing to see here. Linux guy bitching that yahoo paid more than google to be the default search engine of Ubuntu.

Also, he mentioned Ubuntu-one, but doesn't point out that it's just a dropbox clone...

Flagged for inanity and inapplicability to HN

[goplexian → gte910h]

"I never thought I'd see the day when a Linux distribution would be serving Microsoft search results by default, even though it is through the thinly veiled disguise of Yahoo."

Clearly you didn't read the article.

[gte910h → goplexian]

Yes I did. That's why I pointed out all that means is Yahoo is paying more than Google to be the search provider.

[nearestneighbor → gte910h]

> Flagged for inanity and inapplicability to HN

Flagging is new downmodding.