Comment Two years ago! (Score 1) 585
Haven't you noticed?
Unity is a shell interface for the GNOME desktop environment
(Very first line in Wikipedia)
Ubuntu, like Unity, is a shell around something else (Debian) with very limited value added.
Just "going to the clouds" (tm) doesn't make a winning company (alo because everyone else is going there).
No, I don't think Canonical will be the next Apple (or even Microsoft). It's more likely it will be the next Mandrakesoft.
Software production is assumed to be a line function, but it is run like a staff function. -- Paul Licker