:"Ubuntu One" name creates confusion (Mark Shuttleworth's response)
"Ubuntu One" name creates confusion (Mark Shuttleworth's response) May 22, 2009, 18 :32 UTC (9 Talkback[s]) (5717 reads) (Other stories by Mark Shuttleworth)
"Canonical will NOT be giving up its title to the Ubuntu
trademark, as suggested, but nor will it flounce out of the room and say
"screw the community". Of that you can be sure ;-). The road ahead lies
in finding strengths and shared opportunities on both sides.
"Maybe someone will say "this is it, I quit, I don't want to work on
Ubuntu together with Canonical, I don't want a world which is more
diverse than my specific values". If they do, that's their prerogative.
Remember, the Ubuntu project has always been defined by that
collaboration - company and community - it's nothing new, and it gets
stronger when we remind ourselves of that and when people with wildly
different expectations leave. There's no sense in calling people names
over this - it's perfectly acceptable for people to want different
things. I'm just interested in working well with those who are actually
interested in exploring how open source, and commercial success, can go
hand in hand. And Ubuntu One is part and parcel of that exploration."
