Oddly enough, that was my first thought. My takeway from the article was that the real annoyance in her life (therefore the itch that a programmer has to scratch, and thus help the rest of us) was iPhone related.
Rachel-by-the-bay is a dyed-in-the-wool linux-sysadmin so I gather from her Web pages, and has recent experience with software defined radio. Ubuntu phone is 'proper' linux but at a very early stage of development, see
Sounds like rachel-by-the-bay's skillset fits Canonical's development plan.
Say what you like about Shuttleworth and Canonical, but you won't have to sell your soul to them and the development will be handled in public through the bug tracker and mail lists. They do respond to feedback. Shuttleworth needs to transition Canonical to profit/self sufficiency hence all the Amazon integration, but I think they learned their lesson over the Unity search integration. There will be an off switch in any future experiments of this nature I'm sure.
PS: my new year's resolution is a Web page per week which I owe to rachel-by-the-bay's Web site.
Have you heard anything to suggest an off switch for the Amazon integration? I love Amazon, I like Ubuntu, and I even liked Unity once the performance issues were fixed, but I don't want to see Amazon advertisements unless I open my browser and navigate to amazon.com.
Edit: Thanks guys. I wasn't aware that we already had a work-around.
12.10 Ubuntu has a system setting about privacy. There is an OFF button there. Can't remember the precise location but you can switch off the Amazon integration in the Home search.
Rachel-by-the-bay is a dyed-in-the-wool linux-sysadmin so I gather from her Web pages, and has recent experience with software defined radio. Ubuntu phone is 'proper' linux but at a very early stage of development, see
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/23/ubuntu_tablets_first...
Sounds like rachel-by-the-bay's skillset fits Canonical's development plan.
Say what you like about Shuttleworth and Canonical, but you won't have to sell your soul to them and the development will be handled in public through the bug tracker and mail lists. They do respond to feedback. Shuttleworth needs to transition Canonical to profit/self sufficiency hence all the Amazon integration, but I think they learned their lesson over the Unity search integration. There will be an off switch in any future experiments of this nature I'm sure.
PS: my new year's resolution is a Web page per week which I owe to rachel-by-the-bay's Web site.