From: ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com   
      
   On 2026-01-27, rbowman  wrote:   
   > On Tue, 27 Jan 2026 07:00:15 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:   
   >   
   >> Ubuntu was pretty good when it was still using Gnome 2. Now it's pushing   
   >> Snaps and using Gnome 3.   
   >   
   > There was that detour when Shuttleworth came down with Windows envy and   
   > followed Microsoft down the Metro hole.   
      
   I know. The Unity thing was a stupid idea. Tablets, phones and computers are   
   completely different devices.   
      
   I remember Windows 8 ads. People were connecting keyboards to tablets and   
   reaching across their desks to touch the screen on their computers. Windows   
   phones were actually starting to sell to corporations, but the dipshits at   
   Microslop insisted that that they use Microsoft's protocol for voice mail to   
   text instead of the established Cisco protocol. My brother was working for a   
   corporation that was going to move to Windows phones, but they stopped the   
   deployment soon after it started because of this issue. By the time   
   Microsoft came to the realization that no one was going to move to their   
   protocol and finally relented to use Cisco's version, it was too late. They   
   had killed their momentum in the only market that was going anywhere for   
   them. Just more Microslop ("we know better") hubris.   
      
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