The FOSS world should thank its lucky stars for Shuttleworth. I have watched many hours of his talks and interviews, and read his blog in detail -- something a lot of Ubuntu haters would never do -- and I am fully satisfied that the man has a clear idea of what needs to be done and the drive to make it happen. I am a fierce advocate of FOSS and volunteer many hours to assist new GNU/Linux users, and also run a MacBook in order to use Screenflow, a wonderful, video editor that I use mostly to produce web videos that promote FOSS. (Incidentally, I'm giving a lecture on 19th March 2011 at the Linux Users Victoria meeting in Melbourne, Australia),
I applaud Mark Shuttleworth's courage in speaking forthrightly about these topics, and I totally agree with the direction that Unity is heading in. As experienced users, set in our ways, we might not like it ourselves, but Unity has been designed IN CONSULTATION WITH NOVICE USERS, not by dreamy developers. When Ubuntu 11.04 comes out I will use Unity until it either works for me or I conclude that it's unusable -- that's my contribution to the real advance of FOSS beyond 1% of the desktop market.
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