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Intel and XMirIntel and XMirPosted Sep 11, 2013 17:20 UTC (Wed) by marduk (subscriber, #3831)Parent article: Intel and XMir
Canonical's problem isn't a technical one, but a PR problem. You've got to have a lot of weight to throw around if you want to be "disruptive" in the Open Source community, and Canonical has not yet learned this. You either go with the flow or wait a while until you've got enough street cred to be "disruptive." Unfortunately, to the perception of many, Canonical started being "disruptive" as soon as they got a decent share of the consumer market, but didn't wait until they got enough share of buy-in from OSS developers. It takes a certain kind of company to be able to come in and say "Here's our stuff. It's awesome. Now drop whatever it is you're doing and use it!" That kind of bravado is usually reserved for the big guys, like Apple and Microsoft.
and Google.
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Intel and XMir Posted Sep 11, 2013 19:49 UTC (Wed) by smurf (subscriber, #17840) [Link]
Actually that kind of bravado ^w success, in the Linux world (and beyond), is reserved for infrastructure stuff that's clearly so much better than the alternative that pretty much everybody decides to use it. Despite actually having to learn some new tricks.
Dbus, for instance. Or udev. Or git. Or cups.
Systemd isn't quite in that position yet, but only because it requires Linux – and thus Debian drags its feet.
Mir will never get there. It has zero benefits WRT Wayland and a more restrictive license. And getting Unity to run on Wayland instead of Mir is probably not THAT difficult.
Intel and XMir Posted Sep 12, 2013 4:06 UTC (Thu) by maxiaojun (subscriber, #91482) [Link]
Wayland will never get there. It has zero benefits WRT Mir and a more permissive license. And getting GNOME to run on Mir instead of Wayland is probably not THAT difficult.
Intel and XMir Posted Sep 12, 2013 9:28 UTC (Thu) by Frej (subscriber, #4165) [Link]
Stop feeding the Troll!
Intel and XMir Posted Sep 12, 2013 4:03 UTC (Thu) by maxiaojun (subscriber, #91482) [Link]
So a small company cannot develop some unique stuff for their own small distribution?
I rather see systemd "disruptive", as its primary author stridently ask everybody to follow.
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