Mr. Shuttleworth is a very clever guy. So why does he keep the Windows API (Mono) inside Ubuntu GNU/Linux?
Read more »Shuttleworth: “If Windows API Becomes the Default on Linux Then What is the Point of Linux?”
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Ubuntu Linux founder stepping down as CEO
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Ubuntu Linux backer Canonical is changing top management in an effort to become more operationally disciplined, with founder Mark Shuttleworth passing the chief executive job to Chief Operations Officer Jane Silber by Mar. 1.
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My new focus at Canonical
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From March next year, I'll focus my Canonical energy on product design, partnerships and customers. Those are the areas that I enjoy most and also the areas where I can best shape the impact we have on open source and the technology market.
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Mark Shuttleworth: 10 Thoughts On Ubuntu 9.10
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During a phone briefing today, Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth described the Ubuntu 9.10 desktop, server and cloud strategy to members of the IT media. WorksWithU tuned in and posed some key questions to Shuttleworth. Here are 10 highlights from the call.
Read more »Eight Ubuntu 9.10 Questions for Mark Shuttleworth
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Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth on Oct. 26 is set to speak with the press about Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop Edition and Server Edition. WorksWithU will be extra careful not to "hype" Ubuntu 9.10 over the next few days. Instead, we hope to ask Shuttleworth some timely questions about the new Ubuntu and Canonical's long-term business strategy. Here's a sampling of issues on our mind.
Read more »Ubuntu man finds metalove in Debian attacks
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If there's an upside to the Debian community's recent attacks on Ubuntu and Mark Shuttleworth it's that there'll be more conversation between engineers on the two distros.
Read more »Mark Shuttleworth's Radical Vision
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Mark Shuttleworth delivered the closing keynote at this year's inaugural Linuxcon. He delivered an enticing vision of the future of Linux and Free software, with a catch-- it means breaking drastically from the old ways. Carla Schroder reports on the highlights of his keynote, and readers can view the keynote as well.
Read more »Shuttleworth: Don't Give Up the Linux Desktop
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There are some people who do not believe that the Linux desktop will ever be a major force in the global IT market. Mark Shuttleworth isn't one of them. Speaking at the LinuxCon conference late Wednesday, the Canonical founder pitched his approach for expanding Linux to provide a better user experience and broadening its appeal.
Read more »Canonical/Ubuntu CEO Mark Shuttleworth Visits Dell
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Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical and Ubuntu, sat for a video interview with Dell Cloud Computing Evangelist Barton George. In it, Shuttleworth takes a "service pack" shot at Windows 7 and covers numerous questions about Canonical's business and cloud strategy. Here's the video - plus some perspectives from WorksWithU.
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Ubuntu, Debian Partner to Employ Communist Era Model
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The reason I mention all this stems from an offer made by Ubuntu head honcho Mark Shuttleworth to put some of his staff to work on the Debian distro, to help Debian developers get ready for a proposed code freeze in December.
Read more »Shuttleworth wants to support Debian
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In a long posting on the Debian mailing list, Ubuntu sponsor Mark Shuttleworth sets out his position in the dispute over bringing a fixed development cycle to Debian's GNU/Linux distribution. Shuttleworth points out that he has long advocated a model of synchronisation between the various releases of Linux distributions which are based on the same versions of the same core components.
Read more »Shuttleworth: On cadence and collaboration
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Mark Shuttleworth has joined into the discussion on Debian release cycles; it's a rather lengthy attempt to make peace.
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Canonical Launching “Switch to Ubuntu” Migration Services
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Canonical on July 31 will launch a so-called "Switch to Ubuntu" initiative - including support and migration services - to help individuals and small businesses that are "seeking cost-effective alternatives" to Mac OS X and Windows-based desktops. Mark Shuttleworth has certainly caught my attention. Now my big question...
Read more »Embracing the “Meta Release Cycle”
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One of the greatest problems hindering desktop Linux is its diversity. With 800+ distributions, dozens of user interfaces and lots of different applications that do the same things, it's no secret that the Linux world is convoluted for developers and users. But if Mark Shuttleworth has his way, the free-software community might become a little saner.
Read more »Shuttleworth about GNOME 3.0 - What's good, what's missing, what needs work
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In the last few years Ubuntu has emerged as the dominant force in the Linux Deskop field. During the recent Gran Canaria Desktop Summit Andreas Proschofsky had the chance to conduct the following interview with Shuttleworth. Sees good possibility of having a common meta-release cycle with Debian - Not sure if GNOME3 will make the next LTS
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