Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 30th Sep 2005 15:31 UTC
It's not easy building a new version of Linux and establishing a large following. But with the Ubuntu project, one team of programmers has managed to do just that.
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"Given his many other philanthropic activities (open source school admin software etc) I see no reason to question the guy's motives, though I admit he may turn out to be some kind of James Bond bad-guy with a secret underseas lair of sorts, a secret ulterior motives of world domination. "
After reading this, I wonder is it possible that Ubuntu Linux can have a 'call home' application with it that we don't know off? Of course someone might say the distro is open source stupid ! but hell what comes on the pressed CDs that Shipit sends - binaries right- not the source code! And has anyone compiled Ubuntu from source and compared it to the pressed CDs bit by bit. Is it remotely possible to put a call home app and not let anyone get a hint about it... Of course anyone can see the source but not from the pressed CDs because they contain binaries ? [Correct me if I am wrong]
Hell I know I am trying to make a consipracy theory out of nowhere. I am not blaming Mark or something - we need more philantrophs like him.
But I was just wondering whether such a thing is remotely possible. Not that I believe the above, i just wanted to know whether this can work ?
Please let me repeat this is fiction /my speculation and I m just wondering if such a thing is possible!!!