Comment 37 for bug 22930

While I am new to Ubuntu, I have over a decade of professional experience in
IT projects and I am so shocked that someone with an Ubuntu email address
would actually make the statement that Sebastien has made I feel compelled
to respond with my own points. The importance of producing robust, stable,
easy to use software in IT projects is fundamental. Ubuntu talks about the
"myth" that it is only a desktop OS - well, what person in their right mind
is going to install a distro with the approach that bugs are ok, we'll wait
for LTS. Or even someone wanting to use the distro on a business
workstation. I respect your right to present your views Sebastien but I also
have a right to explain why I fundementally disagree. Canonical should wisen
up and understand the millions of complaints MS receives about bugs in their
software and the attitude of the general population about wanting reliable
software that "just works". How can anyone honestly expect Ubuntu to
threaten MS's dominant position when the releases get out the door into
production when they shouldnt and too many cowboys are contributing to the
project who charge ahead and give a lack of manpower the reason for not
sorting out the quality? Its so incredibly reckless and frivilous. Some of
the bugs are downright dangerous too. Like the GUI bugs with user and group
management - how any software could have been released with that issue
confounds me when I see so many talented people helping on this project.
Gutsy is not looking any better - in fact many of the new features have
presented me with new bugs in the many tests Ive done and the release date
for that looms ever closer. Gutsy is unusable for the LiveCD and I have
continue to have numerous bugs making the alternate install painful. New
features should indeed be stopped and the build brought back to basics in a
major bug fix - forget about a "bug day" and "bug hugs", Ubuntu needs a bug
fix release. Otherwise Canonical is going to continue to frustrate users
coming over from Windows with silly bugs like the one in this thread,
companies wont be using it due to serious bugs like the problems with GUI
user/group management and the rest of the Linux community will increasingly
regard Ubuntu as a distro for cowboys that moves too quickly and doesnt
bother with due diligence in quality assurance.