[ubuntu-za] Remember what Ubuntu is

[Robin Bownes]

On 19/03/2012 10:37, Charl Wentzel wrote:
> I just watched a very insightful video of an interview with both Bill
> Gates and Steve Jobs sitting next to each other (not as enemies).
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=WSt5jxQc5eg
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=WSt5jxQc5eg>
>
> The comments made by Steve Jobs in the last minute of the interview
> really hit me.  He said that a lot of people both inside Apple and its
> customer base was still in the mindset that "for Apple to win,
> Microsoft had to lose".  To move forward "Apple had to remember who it
> was".
>
> I think the same applies to Linux (and Ubuntu) today.  I know I've
> been guilty of slamming Microsoft and Windows at times, but this has
> really put the last nail in the coffin of this mindset for me.  We
> should really remember what Ubuntu is trying to achieve, look at the
> wonderful things that are happening and come up with new ideas and
> concepts, rather than comparing Ubuntu to other operating systems (or
> ourselves against users of other operating systems).
>
> If we keep comparing Ubuntu to other operating systems or slamming
> other operating systems it will always be second or third best.  How
> about a commitment from all to stop slamming other OS's and to focus
> on making Ubuntu better?
>
> Charl
>
>
Very well said Charl.
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