Comments on From the Canyon Edge - :-Dustin Kirkland: How My Work Benefits Free Software

Regarding No. 2, Documentation, I have a saying. ...

2010-09-08T12:46:44.277-05:00

Regarding No. 2, Documentation, I have a saying. There is nothing more useless than a piece of software or hardware with no documentation.

No worries ;) Sorry, I just assumed it was in wait...

2010-08-31T17:02:47.079-05:00

No worries ;) Sorry, I just assumed it was in waiting mode the whole day. You should sleep :)

I didn't say that the points I mentioned are valid, they just exist. I personally think that the LP will get bigger and more important. I especially like the LP/quickly/etc stuff. Those can really bring awesome stuff.
There is no upside to copyright assignment to companies though.

Tom, Of course I didn't censor your post...I ...

2010-08-31T12:54:15.927-05:00

Tom,

Of course I didn't censor your post...I was merely sleeping when it landed in my inbox :-)

To your point, thanks for sharing.

Everyone is welcome to participate in our "LP world". And yes, there is always drama...and FUD. Hopefully we respond to both appropriately.

:-Dustin

Did you censor my post?

2010-08-31T12:03:01.824-05:00

Did you censor my post?

Keep on doing what you do. Ubuntu is an incredible...

2010-08-31T01:19:13.664-05:00

Keep on doing what you do. Ubuntu is an incredible value and a wonderful product. The LTS rocks. I use it daily and full-time--at work and at home. I recommend it to family and friends, because of its ease of use and stability. I ask, "Tell me what do you like to do?" Then I'm happy to demonstrate, using Ubuntu, a relevant open source solution that often surprises, delivers, and rewards. Now that's a cool feeling.

I don't think it really is the lack of contrib...

2010-08-31T01:15:07.263-05:00

I don't think it really is the lack of contribution people complain about (well, maybe a few from your direct upstreams)
I think it is a collection of things like working in your own LP world without interaction with upstreams or copyright assignment (which is only OK if the FSF does it, companies are a whole different ball game) or the perceived lack of attribution.
But anyways, as long as you deal with people there will be drama. Get used to it.

Please push your upstream and other work in to Deb...

2010-08-31T00:10:45.143-05:00

Please push your upstream and other work in to Debian, Gentoo and Fedora.

Great post Dustin. You've brought in a person...

2010-08-30T22:58:00.228-05:00

Great post Dustin. You've brought in a personal aspect to the work that you've done which is very inspiring!

I've been reading your blog for a few years or...

2010-08-30T19:49:02.058-05:00

I've been reading your blog for a few years or so, and I knew you were productive, but this is a really impressive post. As an Ubuntu user, let me say, "Thanks!"

Thank you...and I mean it!

2010-08-30T19:40:53.801-05:00

Thank you...and I mean it!