The convergence is the right path for any operating system

May 28, 2013 00:11 GMT  ·  By

Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Canonical and Self-Appointed Benevolent Dictator for Life, answered a Windows-related question during an Ubuntu Open Week session.

Mark Shuttleworth’s opinion about Microsoft is known to the community, and Canonical has even based its launch campaign on the failings of Windows 8.

During an open session of Ubuntu Open Week, a user asked Mark Shuttleworth about his opinion on Windows 8. The answer is now as clear cut as you might expect.

“Bold choices, right vision, stumbled at the gate but the race is just beginning. Change is hard and the vision of convergence is the right one, so I respect Microsoft for seeing that and focusing on that.

“I think they left their actual desktop too much in the past (Win 7.5) and they pushed their tablet too much to the foreground (tiles with a mouse),” stated Mark Shuttleworth.

More details about his conversation with the community can be found in the IRC logs.