This blog post is the third in a series of many that I will be posting about UDS, the Ubuntu Developer Summit. It is inspired by "Is This The World We Created" by Queen.
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Today's theme is rage.
Exhibit B:"Disunited" or "Please stop wrecking Ubuntu."
What is driving the apparent rage that rhymes with "{Some aspect of} Ubuntu sucks and I'm unhappy and I am so outta here. How dare they"?
I think the answer is nearly self-evident:
We (by we, I mean the majority) are immersed in a culture where "software is done TO us by those we don't know" and we are used to that paradigm. There are few counter-examples in the technology industry to draw from. People are struggling as the proprietary technology world clamps more tightly every day.
There is a new paradigm taking root in the world, and many people reading this blog are a part of it. This paradigm is one where "software is done FOR us BY us."
To all the ragers, in Ubuntu there is no THEY. There is only US. Unity is not only software but is also a concept. Ubuntu is not only software but is also an ethos.
Now, let's come together as one and make great software.
UDS is the place to do it. I hope you'll join your community and focus your energy in constructive places like UDS.