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Canonical reveals plans to launch Mir display server (The H)Canonical reveals plans to launch Mir display server (The H)Posted Mar 5, 2013 12:36 UTC (Tue) by pboddie (subscriber, #50784)In reply to: Canonical reveals plans to launch Mir display server (The H) by airlied Parent article: Canonical reveals plans to launch Mir display server (The H)
From a pure productivity perspective I can understand that the benefits of working with existing projects and code can be outweighed by the benefits of forking projects or having full control of your own projects, but in these latter cases you have to be well-resourced for such efforts to not be ultimately futile.
It's like watching a rider in the Tour de France break away from the pelaton half way through every stage and get caught every time long before the finish. It may make for good entertainment, but it won't win that rider anything.
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Canonical reveals plans to launch Mir display server (The H) Posted Mar 5, 2013 16:03 UTC (Tue) by NAR (subscriber, #1313) [Link]
Actually that gains points for the most combative rider classification, points at intermediate sprints, king of the mountains points, TV exposure and the occasional stage win. Actually this strategy makes sense if one does not have the talent to mix it with specialists - "let's try and hope it's my lucky day". If Canonical really can deliver something that works in a couple of months while Wayland gets delayed, Firefox OS crashes and Android stumbles, they might get lucky. However, I wouldn't bet a fortune on it.
Canonical reveals plans to launch Mir display server (The H) Posted Mar 7, 2013 21:49 UTC (Thu) by JanC_ (guest, #34940) [Link] It's like watching a rider in the Tour de France break away from the pel[o]ton half way through every stage and get caught every time long before the finish. It may make for good entertainment, but it won't win that rider anything. You obviously don't understand the cycling sport business. ;) It will probably win that rider a lucrative contract for the years to come, because it gives the team's sponsors a lot of media exposure without having to pay even bigger amounts of money for a rider that wins many stages or ends up on the final podium. (And if you think it's easy to do those breakaways, check out how many riders succeed in catching the "right" one that can remain in front for a long time—occasionally even until the finish.)
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