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Tectonic: Shuttleworth Wants Six Week Delay for Dapper

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 12, 2006

“Mark Shuttleworth has called for a six-week delay on Ubuntu
Dapper Drake, hoping to harden the operating system that he sees as
Ubuntu’s first enterprise-ready desktop. He’s called a community
‘town hall’ meeting to discuss the pro’s and con’s of a delay for
Tuesday 14 March.

“‘I’m writing to propose a six week delay in the release date of
Dapper, in order to do additional validation, certification,
localisation, and polish,’ Shuttleworth said in a missive to the
Ubuntu community last night…”

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