On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Scott (angrykeyboarder)
<geekboyangrykeyboarder.com> wrote:
> Indeed it is.
>
> When you consider how many "howtos" there are
out there that only mention
> Ubuntu (when in fact the howto will usually work on any
Debian-based
> distro - or any Linux distro, period) you know Ubuntu
has become generic.
>
> Let's just hope that everyone doesn't forget it's
Ubuntu Linux, and not
> just "Ubuntu". Ubuntu could become a
genericized trademark, which is not
> good for Canonical.
>
> More here:  http://blogs.
zdnet.com/hardware/?p=1641
>
> Scott
>

If you have to come up with a name for any software, it's
easy to be
carried away from all of the other software suffixes
generally used
today like "Professional, Home, Business,
95/98/2000/2003, Linux, etc"
editions, but it's not the point. Ubuntu isn't just about
software,
that's why it's not called "Ubuntu Linux", it's
more than a software,
it's a product representing communities of people from all
over the
world with different goals and ideas, discovering
possibilities and
contributing their free time to make things happen for a
simple cause,
working with a strong, passionate and enthusiastic desire to
help
others and reaching a simple goal towards an open future..

And also consider that there's a Solaris version of Ubuntu,
so calling
it "officially" Ubuntu Linux, IMHO would be
inconsistent.

Regards,
Joel

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