"GM: Could you say a little about how the Ubuntu community works, for example: how it's run, and how development gets apportioned between the community and Canonical's own coders? More generally, how do the Ubuntu community and Canonical work together to decide the overall direction of the project?
"JB: The Ubuntu community is a very open, fun, good-natured and inclusive community. The beginning of a development period for a new release involves the discussion of proposed features at an Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS); an event in which anyone can submit items to discuss, and the key items are discussed and functional specifications are drafted..."
