I just want to let you know, I see the bigger picture. This open letter did not come from frustrations of 'OMG! my app isn't working!" I know Karmic is just a point release, not an LTS or anything. And that's not the 'point' anyway. (I haven't installed it, I'm fine with Jaunty, thanks.) My problem is that you seem to be ignoring a few things in your passion to move forward with Ubuntu as a technology, and I'm only going to mention the broad, important part, as your time is valuable.