Originally posted by starshipeleven
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It's quite a disappointing for sure, that Canonical decided to create another solution (ending to be sub-optimal), instead of helping existing GNOME 3, which would be win-win-win for Canonical/gnome/users. GNOME 3 would have more resources for development, Canonical/Ubuntu would have supported (by others) and established DE, and users would benefit from better support too. However, In the end, they went with GNOME 3 and some custom modifications,... Though, I don't know much of history, maybe relations between Canonical and GNOME devs were bad, and initial ideology of GNOME 3 wasn't so great/compatible with Canonical plans,..
And, it's a bit not nice, that Canonical tried to force it on users with Ubuntu,..
However,... Sometimes, sub-optimal and half-finished solutions can provide good experience and knowledge, which can be used to develop/contribute-to other mature project,... Sometimes, the journey of development is beneficial for future gain,...
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