Originally posted by BO$$
View Post
It doesn't matter if Canonical ends up making shoddy software, because they have plenty money, plenty marketshare and they have enough influence on their partners to get their way. In the end it doesn't matter what you want as a user, Canonical has enough power to shove their stuff down your throat. It is their way or the high way.
You might not object to this now because what Canonical pursues at the moment is what you want to see as a user, but what if your needs and wishes stop having overlap with what Canonical is pursuing business-wise? If Canonical succeeds in being the end all, be all of desktop Linux and they shift away from making what YOU want as a consumer, what is your recourse then?
Let me also put a mildly altered version of my paraphrase here:
It doesn't matter if Microsoft ends up making shoddy software, because they have plenty money, plenty marketshare and they have enough influence on their partners to get their way. In the end it doesn't matter what you want as a user, Microsoft has enough power to shove their stuff down your throat. It is their way or the high way.
I have to ask, what is the point of fixing bug #1 if you become bug #2 in the process? (Except becoming the benefitting, replacement predator.)
Comment