I agree. They have a lot on their plate and they do have to worry about profitability. But us "old timers" are important too because we're the ones recruiting new users to ubuntu.
Thanks for the post, this is a major fail as far as Ubuntu is concerned. It would appear the OS is becoming increasingly closed as it seeks the illusive mirage of consumer lowest common denominator. This is really a case of shooting the goose which lays the golden egg, how can Canonical expect anybody to use Ubuntu seriously if upgrades deprecate without giving us any choice in the matter?
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I agree. They have a lot on their plate and they do have to worry about profitability. But us "old timers" are important too because we're the ones recruiting new users to ubuntu.
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Thanks for the post, this is a major fail as far as Ubuntu is concerned. It would appear the OS is becoming increasingly closed as it seeks the illusive mirage of consumer lowest common denominator. This is really a case of shooting the goose which lays the golden egg, how can Canonical expect anybody to use Ubuntu seriously if upgrades deprecate without giving us any choice in the matter?