Thanks for making my argument [LWN.net]

Thanks for making my argument

Posted Mar 6, 2013 15:56 UTC (Wed) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091)
In reply to: Thanks for making my argument by raven667
Parent article: Canonical reveals plans to launch Mir display server (The H)

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I am sure David calmly and dispassionately reviewed once more the payroll list of Canonical, and checked the LinkedIn skillsets of all employees. Then ignoring all subconscious biases he might once have possessed, decided that they didn't have anyone competent enough to write a display server.
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Your naïveness would be somewhat refreshing, I have to admit, were it not so biased at heart. Reinforced prejudices are very dangerous.

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Thanks for making my argument

Posted Mar 6, 2013 16:11 UTC (Wed) by raven667 (subscriber, #5198) [Link]

You are just so adorable! 8-)

In any event pointing out the clear lack of familiarity with the technologies they are (not) using is not pre-judice, it's post-judice. I don't think it's unfair to also say that they have not demonstrated technical leadership very often in the underlying infrastructure technologies they depend on, bzr and upstart being two examples. They need not just the cojones but the talent to pull this all off.

I should also point out that I wish nothing but the best for Ubuntu, which is why I'm talking about this in the first place, if I didn't care I wouldn't comment.