Comment 1852 for bug 1

Hi :)
I do not think this bug-report should be closed.

There have been some good developments but it's not the end of the story.

I think Ubuntu does have the ability to close this bug but only in collaboration with other projects and that is happening even if it's unofficially.

People often start with Ubuntu as their 1st step into Gnu&Linux and then some of those go on to other projects.  Reactions against the Unity UI has given strength to Cinnamon and Mate perhaps giving each the critical mass they needed to become more viable.  Both became quite strong.  Maybe some merging will happen but even if not there is a lot of discussion and a lot of lessons being learned and great developments in an area that had seemed to be getting quite stuck in following a certain path.  I'm finding a LOT more people are suddenly far more willing to try out Ubuntu BECAUSE OF the Unity interface.

If you think of Ubuntu as a stand-alone project then maybe it wont ever be the one that topples MS's dominance but Ubuntu is NOT ALONE.  It's part of a huge eco-system that are in co-operative competition with each other.

I think a lot of people that left Ubuntu may well return.  It's part of the cycle that many people have gone through since the earliest days of Ubuntu.  The people that join because they like the Unity UI may also step up and become very useful in the future.

So, it's not over at all.  It's not even the beginning of the end.  It's just the beginning of another tumultuous and possibly exciting chapter in the history of Ubuntu.

Regards from
Tom :)

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> From: Bradley M. Kuhn <email address hidden>
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>[0] "Won't Fix" isn't right because that would presuppose Ubuntu actually
>    had the ability to fix the problem and chose not to.
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