[ubuntu-za] Is Ubuntu Appcentre end of the road for FOSS?

[Ludolph]

On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 10:18 PM, David Robert Lewis
> Ludolph you are entitled to your opinion. I picked up on the story on
> softpedia and fudzilla and then followed up the original which appears
> to be stefanoforenza. I believe my conclusions are valid and the issues
> I rise are a topic for serious debate. I wanted to share my posting and
> blog with the mailing list, and believe I am within my rights to do so.
> If there were no "tinfoil hat loonies" as you put it, there would be no
> crazy Linux users. This is why they call it Mad Tux. So I am honoured to
> be called such names and feel entitled to express my opinions.

David thanks for the reply. But instead of just dropping a link onto a
mailing list, wouldn't it have been better to add some content to your
message, for example:

"""
Hi guys I picked up a story via fudzilla and softpedia and blogged
about it at htpp://xxx.xxx.com

What do you guys think of the Ubuntu AppCenter?
"""

But returning to your blog post, I have some points of my own:

- The idea and design of the AppCenter was posted to the ubuntu wiki
in 2005. Apple AppStore only went live in 2008.

- Softpedia never mentioned AppStore, money, lock in or even
commercial products. Fudzilla only implies money is involved.

- I do not believe the AppCenter will replace synaptic, apt-get or the
underlying dpkg packages. It will ten to one only build on the above
mentioned packages and if you don't like the AppCenter you will not be
forced to use it.

- The original blog I posted contains a very positive look out for
"better support for paid applications", and that alone was only a
guest and on his wish-list of features he would like to see in
AppCenter.

So to me your conclusions looks a lot more negative and philosophical.
Without any facts expect the original blog post and that is why I
believe your article is spreading fear, uncertainty and doubt. Do the
community really need that?

-- 
Ludolph Neethling