The simplicity and security piece is a no-brainer. The play for Ubuntu on mobile is really hinged around a few key pieces: scopes, simplicity, and security. Even the most vitriol-filled observer should tip their hat at the Ubuntu engineering team for their accomplishments with a relatively short set of resources and tight timelines. They built a convergent mobile environment, app developer platform, display server, a range of apps, all the sundry pieces (settings, networking, bluetooth, etc), and performed the hardware enablement. There is no doubt that the engineering team has pulled off an incredible feat to deliver what we can already see in the current images. So, is Ubuntu for phones likely to be any good? Soon, I'll have a chance to get my hands on the first Ubuntu phone. Many of those tawny-colored storms have since died down, so the Canonical team and company could get on and build the damn thing. It also resulted in controversy-heapings and heapings of bickering from far and wide about Canonical's new focus, accusations of NIH, and conspiracy theories of Mark Shuttleworth's true motives (which were always fun to read). This strategic adjustment resulted in some key new pieces: Unity, Mir, click packages, an Ubuntu SDK, and more. The idea being the platform can rev quicker and move to different platforms easier, thus opening up new markets and opportunities. I think it would be remiss to ignore arguably the biggest pivot in Ubuntu's history, and one that has had a wider impact on open source, the focus on convergence.įor those of you living under a rock, Ubuntu once largely focused on the desktop and has now converged desktop, mobile, tablet, TV, toaster, and unicorn positioning system platforms, into a single codebase. So, what am I going to write about for my first article of the column? Well, Ubuntu. I want you to see this column as independent, authentic, and considered. The reason is simple: I don't want you folks to think of this column as a biased Ubuntu puff-piece driven by a guy who spent a reasonable chunk of his life in the Ubuntu fishbowl. When thinking about a first topic, I was a bit reticent to do anything Ubuntu-related. This column will speak to some of that, as well as, wider open source rumblings too. So, let's get started. Open source is the shining example of this, and we are seeing the principles of open source community spreading wider and wider afield. I believe in the power of well-organized, collaborative communities to do incredible work and to further a mission or focus bigger than any individual person. The crux of my work is in community management. I wrote " Art of Community," " Dealing With Disrespect," and a few other books, founded the Community Leadership Summit, which takes place just before OSCON in Portland each year, co-founded a technology podcast called Bad Voltage, and record some music from time to time. I then moved on to join XPRIZE last year. I spent just under eight years as Ubuntu community manager at Canonical, leading a team of six and providing community management consultancy via my own practice. I hope you swing by here once a month to check the column out, and share your feedback and ideas.įor those of you who don't know me, I am an open source community management and leadership dork. When Jason Hibbets asked for a name for this barrage of words I planned to write, I plumped for "Six Degrees," in reference to my quite ridiculous last name. Welcome, one and all, to my new column here on.
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