[ubuntu-in] If not Ubuntu then what

[Amarendra Kumar]

@Ashutosh +1

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 12:07 AM, Ashutosh Rishi Ranjan <
ashutoshrishi92 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 11:00 PM, Ramnarayan.K <ramnarayan.k at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Ashutosh Rishi Ranjan
> > <ashutoshrishi92 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I love Ubuntu because frankly till now I have had no objections to
> >> Canonical's decisions. I weigh their decisions in terms of its effect
> >> on new users not me because I know that the decision won't really
> >> affect me because I can choose what I want after installing the
> >> default. Canonical does not enforce but merely makes their decisions
> >> idiot-proof.
> >
> > I missed an important point in my original  mail but here is one of the
> crux
> >
> > What if, just thing about it, what if Canonical asked you to pay. A La
> > Novell and Closed Suse (as opposed to open suse) or Red Hat
> >
> > This (at another level) is also applicable to Gmail (and other google
> services)
>
> When I first went to Ubuntu.com to download my first copy of the OS, the
> first
> thing I read was "The Ubuntu Promise". Which of course promises to
> keep ubuntu free. And I *trust* in it. Even if they manage to charge
> on it against the uproar of a massive community which has kept itself
> well versed with the Ubuntu Promise, at this moment, I have faith in
> them and thats why Ubuntu is great.
> I don't think they will ever put a price on it. The community is there
> to ensure that. Even though Canonical is the main company as I said,
> they are important as long as they keep the community running. If the
> community collapses, Ubuntu is going to be history.
> Plus if there is ever a situation that Canonical just lets ubuntu go,
> there is an Ubuntu Foundation with enough funds to keep ubuntu running
> until everything stabilizes.
>
>
> > Yes people would migrate , maybe, but would you pay. I wouldn't , not
> > because its about the money because actually i am willing to pay for
> > services. which is what the open source model offers.
> >
> > ram
>
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> Ashutosh Rishi
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Amarendra Kumar
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Dept. of IT, NIT Patna
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