Founder: Ubuntu’s contribution goes beyond the code tree

“Ubuntu creator Mark Shuttleworth shot back against detractors
today, pointing out that his project has made Linux more marketable
and successful on the desktop.

“His comments were posted in response to a recently published
survey revealing that Canonical — the commercial arm of
Ubuntu — has contributed only about one percent of the code
to the GNOME desktop for Linux. while Red Hat accounts for 17
percent of the code and Novell developers are responsible for about
11 percent.

“In recent weeks it’s been suggested that Canonical’s efforts
are self-directed and not of benefit to the broader open source
community. That’s a stinging criticism because most of us feel
completely the opposite,” Shuttleworth wrote in his blog
today.”

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