Ubuntu Community Manager: RMS's Post Seems a Bit Childish To Me 529
spacenet writes "As a response to RMS speaking out against Ubuntu about its privacy-violating integrated Amazon search results, which he considers to be spyware, Ubuntu Community Manager Jono Bacon has addressed RMS's statements. In his reply, Jono claims that Stallman's views on privacy do not align with Canonical's, that some of his statements are worded in order to 'generate fear, uncertainty, and doubt about Ubuntu' and that 'it just seems a bit childish to me.' The comments on the post itself are well worth a read."
Re:Does Amazon pay Canonical for this? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Does Amazon pay Canonical for this? (Score:0, Informative)
you say "undisclosed" as if it was something being kept secret from you. The rates are here https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/gp/associates/join/landing/referralfees.html it is a sliding scale with some other complications like different categories of products getting different rates. They will get a mix of commissions, generally between 5 and 10% and Canonical won't know until the reports come in from Amazon what the exact percentages are going to be.
Re:Interesting.... (Score:5, Informative)
What another good linux distro?
When Ubuntu decided to poop on their users with Unity, there was an exodus of biblical proportions to Linux Mint. That's why Mint is now the #1 distro.
And thanks to Ubuntu's newest decisions, the Mint userbase is destined to grow even further.
Re:Nothing wrong with him (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Nothing wrong with him (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Interesting.... (Score:4, Informative)
Looks like they both might have been doing it: Linux Mint Diverting Banshee Revenue [slashdot.org].