Comments on: The Man Behind Ubuntu: Talking with Mark Shuttleworth http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6385/ Open Source, Open Standards Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:01:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Marc Stern http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6385/#comment-2105 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:17:36 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6385/#comment-2105 Once a project is mature and known enough that the successful collaboration on a great project is its own reward for the developers, the systemic challenges to viability are smaller. I think that's why it was out of the scope of this article. I think Mark Shuttleworth is attempting to set up a framework for open-source style collaboration among groups who have not traditionally thought in that way. He wants to learn what constraints treachers and students live under, reinforce the feeling among students and educators that they are not alone, and to encourage approaches in teaching outside of the current educational mainstream by ensuring that the results of one teacher's 24 week experiment will be useful to potentialy 3,000,000 children, not 30. The social rewards of risk taking are much better that way. In the US, the benefits of teaching analytical thinking have to be weighed against the potential drop in test scores caused by not drilling the students to the standardized end-of-grade tests! Once a project is mature and known enough that the successful collaboration on a great project is its own reward for the developers, the systemic challenges to viability are smaller. I think that’s why it was out of the scope of this article.

I think Mark Shuttleworth is attempting to set up a framework for open-source style collaboration among groups who have not traditionally thought in that way. He wants to learn what constraints treachers and students live under, reinforce the feeling among students and educators that they are not alone, and to encourage approaches in teaching outside of the current educational mainstream by ensuring that the results of one teacher’s 24 week experiment will be useful to potentialy 3,000,000 children, not 30. The social rewards of risk taking are much better that way. In the US, the benefits of teaching analytical thinking have to be weighed against the potential drop in test scores caused by not drilling the students to the standardized end-of-grade tests!

]]> by: jrickard http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6385/#comment-1708 Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:02:47 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6385/#comment-1708 Ubuntu fan over here. Why was it virtually left unmentioned in the article? Jack Rickard Ubuntu fan over here. Why was it virtually left unmentioned in the article?

Jack Rickard

]]> by: ravindukelum http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6385/#comment-1431 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:30:14 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6385/#comment-1431 Mark you are great you will be remembered forever for the sake of your contribution towards making FOSS concept alive and pioneering great Ubuntu project. Mark you are great you will be remembered forever for the sake of your contribution towards making FOSS concept alive and pioneering great Ubuntu project.

]]> by: wolfhlt http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6385/#comment-1398 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:01:48 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6385/#comment-1398 Fantastic! The linux that I have waited for! Hats off to you, mate! I have passed my copy about and convinced several of my mates to try it, and they ended up loading it, saying goodbye to Windows!! I would hope in the near future that more hardware drivers become available. It seems that some hardware manufacturers are somewhat reluctant to take the plunge, Lexmark in my case being one of them.Well done nonetheless! Fantastic! The linux that I have waited for! Hats off to you, mate! I have passed my copy about and convinced several of my mates to try it, and they ended up loading it, saying goodbye to Windows!! I would hope in the near future that more hardware drivers become available. It seems that some hardware manufacturers are somewhat reluctant to take the plunge, Lexmark in my case being one of them.Well done nonetheless!

]]> by: dvilla99 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6385/#comment-1354 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:29:49 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6385/#comment-1354 Great article. I have played with a number of Linux distributions and have found Ubuntu to be very good. I am also embarking on a trip to South Africa as part of a volunteer effort to work with a couple of schools out there and am very excited to read that Mark has done a lot of work in that country. Great article.. Fantastic effort. Great article. I have played with a number of Linux distributions and have found Ubuntu to be very good. I am also embarking on a trip to South Africa as part of a volunteer effort to work with a couple of schools out there and am very excited to read that Mark has done a lot of work in that country. Great article.. Fantastic effort.

]]> by: cybe_r_wizard http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6385/#comment-1338 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:25:25 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6385/#comment-1338 Great article but perhaps tags would work better were they correctly spelled. Ubuntu, not Unbuntu. Cybe R. Wizard Linux User # 126326 Ubuntu User # 2136 Great article but perhaps tags would work better were they correctly spelled. Ubuntu, not Unbuntu.
Cybe R. Wizard
Linux User # 126326
Ubuntu User # 2136

]]> by: agitdd99 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6385/#comment-1293 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:15:31 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6385/#comment-1293 many thanks to you, Mr. Shuttleworth. You have proved to the world what is worth to give...something precious, something generous. we all will be remembering you as an inspired person ever in our life. a million thanks to you again... many thanks to you, Mr. Shuttleworth. You have proved to the world what is worth to give…something precious, something generous. we all will be remembering you as an inspired person ever in our life. a million thanks to you again…

]]> by: dcolley2 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6385/#comment-1289 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 21:29:29 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6385/#comment-1289 Thanks for Ubuntu Mark. After several abortive attempts early on in my attempted use of Linux, I have found your program to be exactly what I was looking for. So much so I use Ubuntu on my desktop, Kubuntu on my old desktop and Xubuntu on my old laptop. What I find intriguing are the differences between Windows and Ubuntu, not the similarities. I am an old dos line commando and have never embraced the whole Windows culture. Thanks again, keep it up. Thanks for Ubuntu Mark. After several abortive attempts early on in my attempted use of Linux, I have found your program to be exactly what I was looking for. So much so I use Ubuntu on my desktop, Kubuntu on my old desktop and Xubuntu on my old laptop. What I find intriguing are the differences between Windows and Ubuntu, not the similarities. I am an old dos line commando and have never embraced the whole Windows culture. Thanks again, keep it up.

]]> by: penguinboy http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6385/#comment-1286 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:14:18 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6385/#comment-1286 There is a wealth pool of young minds to entice with alternative resources in this technological age. Keeping there youthful minds interested and on track is the challenge. Providing those children with an opportunity to succeed with what many of us take for granted is blessing. You have many obstacles to hurdle but your persistence will proliferate in the challenge. Terry, USA There is a wealth pool of young minds to entice with alternative resources in this technological age. Keeping there youthful minds interested and on track is the challenge. Providing those children with an opportunity to succeed with what many of us take for granted is blessing. You have many obstacles to hurdle but your persistence will proliferate in the challenge.

Terry, USA

]]> by: tanano http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6385/#comment-1285 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:36:01 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6385/#comment-1285 Yes, thanks to Mark Shuttleworth. People like him do change the world for the better. Yes, thanks to Mark Shuttleworth. People like him do change the world for the better.

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