Shuttleworth - Ubuntu can't just be Windows

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Submitted by ruphus13 on Tuesday May 05, 2009 @12:23AM

ruphus13 writes "When Mark Shuttleworth was asked what role WINE will in Ubuntu's success, he said that Ubuntu cannot simply be a better platform to run Windows. From the post, according to Shuttleworth, "[Windows and Linux] both play an important role but fundamentally, the free software ecosystem needs to thrive on its own rules. it is *different* to the proprietary software universe. we need to make a success of our own platform on our own terms. if Linux is just another way to run Windows apps, we can't win. OS/2 tried that"... The post goes on to say, "Linux simply isn't Windows (nor is Windows Linux) and to expect fundamentally different approaches (and I'm not just thinking closed versus open) to look, feel, and operate the same way is senseless.""
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