Avoid fragmentation by creating Mir instead of going with Wayland? Or for that matter just sticking with x.org, as there's nothing really wrong with it as is?
Here's an interesting exercise for anyone who actually believes that Canonical are trying to avoid fragmentation instead of create it, use their position of power in the market to mold it into a business model of their choosing... It goes a little something like this:
1) Visit www.ubuntu.com 2) Try to find the word "Linux" anywhere on the front page. Now follow some of the links, the description of Ubuntu's features, the marketing material. Again try to find the word Linux mentioned. Anywhere. 3) Now, for balance, view www.kubuntu.org, an official spinoff distribution that is sponsored by a company -other- than Canonical. If your eyes aren't failing you, you'll notice that there's literally a link marked "Linux" that leads to kernel.org on the front page.
The kubuntu folks seem proud to announce that they're based on Linux, whereas Canonical in comparison seems to be talking about everything -but- Linux. That's because in the minds of the "greats" like Shuttleworth, Linux is no longer a community project, it's a platform to build their empires upon. Google and Samsung got it right with Android, Canonical want in on that cash desperately. They don't care about the community or their own so-called promise to it any longer, it's the bottom line now, and fragmentation is just another part of it.
Re: I think it is a better model than Android
Here's an interesting exercise for anyone who actually believes that Canonical are trying to avoid fragmentation instead of create it, use their position of power in the market to mold it into a business model of their choosing... It goes a little something like this:
1) Visit www.ubuntu.com
2) Try to find the word "Linux" anywhere on the front page. Now follow some of the links, the description of Ubuntu's features, the marketing material. Again try to find the word Linux mentioned. Anywhere.
3) Now, for balance, view www.kubuntu.org, an official spinoff distribution that is sponsored by a company -other- than Canonical. If your eyes aren't failing you, you'll notice that there's literally a link marked "Linux" that leads to kernel.org on the front page.
The kubuntu folks seem proud to announce that they're based on Linux, whereas Canonical in comparison seems to be talking about everything -but- Linux. That's because in the minds of the "greats" like Shuttleworth, Linux is no longer a community project, it's a platform to build their empires upon. Google and Samsung got it right with Android, Canonical want in on that cash desperately. They don't care about the community or their own so-called promise to it any longer, it's the bottom line now, and fragmentation is just another part of it.