[ubuntu-in] Canonical kills free Ubuntu CD program

[Stereotactic]

On 04/06/2011 06:04 PM, Ramnarayan.K wrote:
> As some one who did order a few different versions it is a Sad though
> but, allegedely true, i guess it has to come to an end some time and
> hopefully people will find others ways of distributing CD's, and as
> Canonical says technology has moved on :-)
Yes. This is also a pointer towards a larger goal of moving towards an 
ecosystem. First, they move towards Unity instead of supporting Gnome, 
then they refuse to contribute much to the "code", and now the Shipit 
programme is deemed to have generated enough momentum to have created a 
critical mass. How much interest would the local LUG's take to 
popularise the distro?

Indeed, I broke off from the Ubuntu's quite useless  update system and 
shifted to Linux mint; however, the best option is still to move on to 
the roots; i.e. Debian and I am downloading the rolling release.

Paid software in the software centre is a slow pointer towards 
generation of ecosystem. Make the base OS free and let people pay for 
the software.
> though i don't think it will be easy for many internet users to
> download even a few 100 megs - so i think we should have some more
> reliable Ubuntu shippers making their presence felt.
It's hard to convince people to shift; till the time there is active 
buzz created, it is hard to convert people. Most of them equate Windows 
with "ease of use" because of default administrator priveleges and fact 
that mainstream applications are focussed on the MS desktop.
>   and as for the suggestion canonical gives to Ubuntu LUG's, well thats
> something we are doing any way
>
Now this is debatable and my real reason to post a reply. This is an 
assumption that most of us take for granted. I have seen poor response 
in engineering colleges churning out dead beat "coders" who are at best 
as script kiddies. Bangalore, unfortunately, has turned into a huge 
swamp for unfortunate army of idiots. Name anything worthwhile that has 
come from India; any mainstream package or software that is being used 
by thousands of common users like me.
> the link to the  article is here
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/05/canonical_kills_free_ubuntu_cd_program/
>
> The article itself is below
Although attributed, please don't copy and paste.