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# Why Did Ubuntu Drop Unity? Mark Shuttleworth Explains
[![Mark Shuttleworth](https://trw.431.night8.win/yy.php/VoOI3_2F/urK7uFz_/2Fif8b9N/zDSDrgLt/dU3oaoGy/TM2etmgU/1jk67s77/0w3ZM_2F/fi_2BnMN/DP2NDdJ3/jL_2F3qj/xOKtYNKY/BYNRj6S2/w_3D/b0/)][6]
Mark Shuttleworth, found of Ubuntu
Ubuntus decision to ditch Unity took all of us — even me — by surprise when announced [back in April.][4]
Now Ubuntu founder [Mark Shuttleworth ][7]shares more details about why Ubuntu chose to drop Unity.
And the answer might surprise…
Actually, no; the answer probably  _wont_  surprise you.
Like, at all.
### Why Did Ubuntu Drop Unity?
Last week saw the [release of Ubuntu 17.10][8], the first release of Ubuntu to ship without the Unity desktop since it was [introduced back in 2011][9].
We couldnt have on our books very substantial projects which have no commercial angle to them
Naturally the mainstream press is curious about where Unity has gone. And so Mark Shuttleworth has [spoke to eWeek][10] to detail his decision to jettison Unity from the Ubuntu roadmap.
The  _tl;dr_  he ejected Unity as part of a cost-saving pivot designed to put Canonical on the path toward an [initial public offering][11] (known as an “IPO”).
Yup: investors are coming.
But the full interview provides more context on the decision, and reveals just how difficult it was to let go of the desktop he helped nurture.
### “Ubuntu Has Moved In To The Mainstream”
Mark Shuttleworth, speaking to [Sean Michael Kerner,][12] starts by reminding us all how great Ubuntu is:
_“The beautiful thing about Ubuntu is that we created the possibility of a platform that is free of charge to its end users, with commercial services around it, in the dream that that might define the future in all sorts of different ways._
_We really have seen that Ubuntu has moved in to the mainstream in a bunch of areas.”_
We created a platform that is free of charge to its end users, with commercial services around it
But being popular isnt the same as being profitable, as Mark notes:
_“Some of the things that we were doing were clearly never going to be commercially sustainable, other things clearly will be commercially sustainable, or already are commercially sustainable. _
_As long as we stay a purely private company we have complete discretion whether we carry things that are not commercially sustainable.”_
Shuttleworth says he, along with the other leads at Canonical, came to a consensual view that they should put the company on the path to becoming a public company.
In the last 7 years Ubuntu itself became completely sustainable
And to appear attractive to potential investors the company has to focus on its areas of profitability — something Unity, Ubuntu phone, Unity 8 and convergence were not part of:
_“[The decision] meant that we couldnt have on our books (effectively) very substantial projects which clearly have no commercial angle to them at all._
_It doesnt mean that we would consider changing the terms of Ubuntu for example, because its foundational to everything we do. And we dont have to, effectively.”_
I could get hit by a bus tomorrow and Ubuntu could continue
#### Ubuntu itself is now completely sustainable
Money may have meant Unitys demise but the wider Ubuntu project is in rude health. as Shuttleworth explains:
_“One of the things Im most proud of is in the last 7 years is that Ubuntu itself became completely sustainable. _ _I could get hit by a bus tomorrow and Ubuntu could continue._
_Its kind of magical, right? Heres a platform that is a world class enterprise platform, thats completely freely available, and yet it is sustainable._
_Jane Silber is largely to thank for that.”_
While its all-too-easy for desktop users to focus on, well, the desktop, there is far more to Canonical (the company) than the 6-monthly releases we look forward to.
Losing Unity may have been a big blow for desktop users but it helped to balance other parts of the company:
_“There are huge possibilities for us in the enterprise beyond that, in terms of really defining how cloud infrastructure is built, how cloud applications are operated, and so on. And, in IoT, looking at that next wave of possibility, innovators creating stuff on IoT._
_And all of that is ample for us to essentially put ourselves on course to IPO around that.”_
Dropping Unity wasnt easy for Mark, though:
_“We had this big chunk of work, which was Unity, which I really loved._
_I think the engineering of Unity 8 was pretty spectacularly good, and the deep ideas of how you bring these different form factors together was pretty beautiful._
“I couldnt make an argument for [Unity] to sit on Canonicals books any longer”
_“But I couldnt make an argument for that to sit on Canonicals books any longer, if we were gonna go on a path to an IPO._
_So what you should see at some stage, and I think fairly soon, I think well announce that we have broken even on all of the pieces that we do commercially, effectively, without Unity.“_
Soon after this he says the company will likely take its first round investment for growth, ahead of transitioning to a formal public company at a later date.
But Mark doesnt want anyone to think that investors will ruin the party:
_“Were not in a situation where we need to kind of flip flop based on what VCs might tell us to do. Weve a pretty clear view of what our customers like, weve found good market traction and product fit both on cloud and on IoT.”_
Mark adds that the team at Canonical is justifiably excited at this decision.
Emotionally I never want to go through a process like that again, Mark says
_“Emotionally I never want to go through a process like that again. I made some miscalculations around Unity. I really thought industry would rally to the idea of having a free platform that was independent._
_But then I also dont regret having the will to go do that. Lots of people will complain about the options that they have and dont go and create other options._
_It takes a bit of spine and, as it turns out, quite a lot of money to go and try and create those options.”_
#### OMG! IPO? NO!
Before anyone splits too many hairs over the notion of Canonical (possibly) becoming a public company lets remember that Redhat has been a public company for 20 years. Both the GNOME desktop and Fedora are tickling along nicely, free of any money making interventions.
If Canonical IPOs there is unlikely to be any sudden, dramatic change to Ubuntu because, as Shuttleworth himself has said, its the foundation on which everything else is built.
Ubuntu is established. Its the number one OS on cloud. Its the worlds most popular Linux distribution (in the world beyond [Distrowatchs rankings][13]). And its apparently seeing great adoption in the Internet of Things space.
And Mark says Ubuntu is now totally sustainable.
With a [warm reception greeting the arrival of Ubuntu 17.10][14], and a new LTS on the horizon, things are looking pretty good…
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# 为什么 Ubuntu 放弃 UnityMark Shuttleworth 解释说
[![Mark Shuttleworth](https://trw.431.night8.win/yy.php/VoOI3_2F/urK7uFz_/2Fif8b9N/zDSDrgLt/dU3oaoGy/TM2etmgU/1jk67s77/0w3ZM_2F/fi_2BnMN/DP2NDdJ3/jL_2F3qj/xOKtYNKY/BYNRj6S2/w_3D/b0/)][6]
Mark Shuttleworth 创始了 Ubuntu
Ubuntu [在 4 月份][4]宣布决定放弃 Unity 让所有人甚至是我都感到惊讶。
现在Ubuntu 创始人 [Mark Shuttleworth][7] 分享了关于 Ubuntu 为什么选择放弃 Unity 的更多细节。
答案可能会令人惊讶.
实际上答案可能_不会_让你大吃一惊。
就像,完全一样。
### 为什么 Ubuntu 放弃 Unity
上个星期见到了 [Ubuntu 17.10][8] 的发布,这是自[ 2011 年引入][9] Unity 以来Ubuntu 第一次没有带 Unity 桌面发布。
“我们不可能在我们的书上有非常实质性的项目,这些项目没有商业角度”
当然,主流媒体对 Unity 的走向感到好奇。所以 Mark Shuttleworth 已经[向 eWeek ][10] 详细介绍了他决定在 Ubuntu 路线图中抛弃 Unity 的原因。
简而言之,作为节省成本的一部分,他推出了 Unity旨在将 Canonical 推向“首次公开募股”[11](即为 “IPO”
是的,投资者来了。
但是全面的采访提供了更多关于这个决定的背景,并且揭示了放弃自己培养的桌面是多么艰难。
### “Ubuntu 已经进入主流”
Mark Shuttleworth 对 [Sean Michael Kerner][12] 说,首先说下 Ubuntu 是多么伟大:
_“关于 Ubuntu 的美妙之处在于我们创造了一个平台的可能性这个平台对最终用户是免费的并且提供商业服务这个梦想可能以各种不同的方式来定义未来。_
_我们确实已经看到Ubuntu 已经进入了一些领域的主流。”_
“我们创建了一个免费给最终用户的平台,还有围绕它的商业服务。”
但是受欢迎与盈利不一样,正如 Mark 所说:
_“我们所做的一些事情显然永远不会是商业上可持续的其他事情显然是商业上可持续的或者已经在商业上可持续。_
_只要我们保持一个纯粹的私人公司我们是否有不具有商业可持续性的东西是完全自由的。”_
Shuttleworth 说,他和 Canonical 的其他“领导者”一致认为,他们应该让公司走上成为上市公司的道路。
“在过去的 7 年中Ubuntu 本身变得完全可持续”
为了吸引潜在的投资者,公司必须把重点放在盈利领域 - Unity、Ubuntu 电话、Unity 8 以及融合不是这些部分:
_“[这个决定]意味着我们不可能在我们的书上实际上有非常实质性的项目而这些项目显然完全没有商业角度。_
_这并不意味着我们会考虑改变 Ubuntu 的条款因为它是我们所做的一切的基础。实际上我们不必这么做。”_
“明天我可能会被公共汽车撞上,而 Ubuntu 可能会继续。”
#### “Ubuntu本身现在完全可持续”
钱可能意味着 Unity 的消亡,但更广泛的 Ubuntu 项目是健康的。正如 Shuttleworth 解释说的:
_“我最为自豪的事情之一就是在过去的 7 年中Ubuntu 本身变得完全可持续。明天我可能会被公共汽车撞上,而 Ubuntu 可能会继续。_
_这有点神奇吧这是一个世界级的企业平台完全可以自由使用而且是可持续的。_
_Jane Silber 主要是为此而感谢。”_
虽然桌面用户非常容易关注桌面, 但用户对 Canonical (公司) 的期待比每 6 个月发布的版本期待多得多。
失去 Unity 可能是对桌面用户的一个重大打击,但它有助于平衡公司的其他部分:
_“在这方面, 我们在企业中有很大的可能性在真正定义如何构建云基础架构如何运行云应用程序等方面。而在物联网正在寻找下一波可能性创新者在物联网上创造的东西。_
_所有这一切对于我们来说基本上都是围绕 IPO 上市。”_
不过,对于 Mark 来说,放弃 Unity 并不容易,
_“我们在 Unity 上做了很多工作我真的很喜欢它。_
_我认为 Unity 8 的工程非常棒你如何将这些不同的外形因素结合在一起的深刻理念是非常美丽的。_
“我无法再次坐在 Canonical 的书上争论 [Unity]。”
_“但是如果我们要走上 IPO 的道路,我不能再为这个问题阻碍 Canonical 了。_
_所以某个阶段你就会看到而且我认为我们很快就会宣布我们在所有做商业化的东西上失败了实际上没有 Unity。”_
不久之后,他说在今后过渡到正式的上市公司之前公司将用这第一轮投资用于增长。
但 Mark 并不想让任何人认为投资者会 “让人扫兴”:
_“我们并不在需要投资者反复告诉我们该做什么的情况。我们非常清楚地了解客户喜欢什么我们已经发现了良好的市场吸引力和适用于云和物联网的产品。”_
Mark 补充说Canonical的团队在这个决定中“有理由激动”。
马克说:“在情感上,我不想再经历这样的过程。”
_“在情感上我不想再经历这样的过程。我对 Unity 做了一些误判。我曾经真的认为工业界会坚持拥有一个独立的免费平台的想法。_
_但是我也不后悔有意愿做这个。很多人会抱怨他们的选择而不去创造其他选择。_
_这有点痛苦最后花费了很多钱并尝试创造了那些选择。”_
#### 我的天啊! IPO没有
在任何人对 Canonical可能成为上市公司的观念争论不休之前让我们记住 Redhat 已经是一家上市公司 20 年了。GNOME 桌面和 Fedora 都很好地发展,没有任何“赚钱”干预。
正如 Shuttleworth 自己所说的那样,如果 Canonical 上市的话Ubuntu 不太可能会有任何突然的,戏剧性的改变,因为这是所有其他东西的基础。
Ubuntu 已经成立。这是云上的头号操作系统。它是世界上最受欢迎的 Linux 发行版(在 [Distrowatch 排名][13]之外的世界)。而且显然在物联网领域有很好的接受。
Mark 说 Ubuntu 现在是完全可持续的。
随着一个[迎接 Ubuntu 17.10 到来的热烈招待会][14],以及一个新的 LTS 将要发布,事情看起来相当不错。。。
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