>Their second biggest mistake has been the "me too" attitude. Netbooks popular? Ubuntu Netbook Remix! Oh wait, tablets you say? Ubuntu for Tablets! Google and Apple launch TV platforms? Ubuntu TV! Oh, and don't forget that we have a phone OS as well!
They think they're a content company trying to put their on OS on as many devices as possible (control a horizontal).
Really they're a platform company, and they should be trying to make exactly one most popular thing (my guess is Amazon instances running Ubuntu) run as well as possible with all their other services, like their package manager, their cloud, etc. They should try to own a vertical, like Apple does.
They think they're a content company trying to put their on OS on as many devices as possible (control a horizontal).
Really they're a platform company, and they should be trying to make exactly one most popular thing (my guess is Amazon instances running Ubuntu) run as well as possible with all their other services, like their package manager, their cloud, etc. They should try to own a vertical, like Apple does.