Chrome nearly replaced Firefox in Ubuntu Linux, Mark Shuttleworth says part 4

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"Very simplistic characterizations of any large group are almost certainly going to turn out to be false," he said. "The company has been caught abusing a monopoly position. I think that's terrible. They're not the first to do it. They're not the last to do it, either. The question really is, can one engage and work with them and compete with them on an evenhanded basis?"

Chrome nearly replaced Firefox in Ubuntu Linux, Mark Shuttleworth says part 3

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"Everybody has the things they want to work on," Shuttleworth said. "I think it's a little tasteless for folks who work for competitors to jump up and down and say that Canonical doesn't contribute. I find that bizarre."

Why Mark Shuttleworth doesn't own a smartphone

Shuttleworth spent $20 million to become a space tourist in 2002, but hasn't ponied up $200 for a smartphone.

"I'm the last of the non-smartphone holdouts," Shuttleworth said. "Someone described my phone as being designed not to get stolen."

Chrome nearly replaced Firefox in Ubuntu Linux, Mark Shuttleworth says part 2

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"The Linux graphics stack enablement isn't great," Shuttleworth said. "There are a lot of devices where [Unity] is not an appropriate choice. So we've been working on a 2D version of Unity, which preserves all the same semantics and behaviors, but it's visually less intense."

Chrome nearly replaced Firefox in Ubuntu Linux, Mark Shuttleworth says

Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth lavishes praise on Google and the Chrome browser part 1

anonical founder Mark Shuttleworth is a big fan of Google Chrome, and says the browser could replace the standard Firefox in future versions ofUbuntu Linux.

Shuttleworth, the onetime space tourist, is spending his days on Earth to guide Canonical through a crossroads.

The overhauled user interface Canonical created for Ubuntu was greeted with a mixed reaction upon its release two months ago. But Canonical may not be done making radical changes to what is likely the world's most popular Linux desktop OS.

Chrome 11 vs Firefox 4 vs IE 9