Re: Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal release review from other users‏

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Wed Jun 8 19:08:38 UTC 2011


On 06/08/2011 11:17 AM, sktsee wrote:
> On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 16:07:23 +0100, Alan Pope wrote:
> 
>> On 8 June 2011 14:35, Steve Flynn <anothermindbomb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> It's a stackexchange site - nothing at all to do with Ubuntu or
>>> Canonical.
>> 
>> That's not true. It was setup after lots of discussion between
>> stackexchange people and Canonical people. It's about the most official
>> of these types of sites that you can get.
>> 
>>> It gives the impression that it is though, by requesting users to
>>> follow the Ubuntu CoC, using the logos, colours, look and feel, etc.
>> 
>> They're used with the blessing of Canonical.
> 
> Hmm. Does Canonical get coin from stackexchange? It seems Canonical is 
> undercutting Ubuntu's community support venues by sanctioning a non-
> Ubuntu controlled site. Though now that I know that Askubuntu.com is 
> sanctioned by Canonical, it becomes a little clearer to me why key Ubuntu 
> Members (and Canonical employees) help with user support questions there 
> instead of on an official Ubuntu mailing list like, say, ubuntu-users.
> 

May also be of interest:
<http://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/489/how-would-1-bug-would-be-fixed-if-askubuntu-uses-a-windows-platform>
<http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2008/09/what-was-stack-overflow-built-with/>






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