We continue with this afternoon's bad Mexican or Venezuelan soap opera. Canonical has announced, through the voice of Oliver Ries, that Mir and Unity8 will be included by default in Ubuntu 14.10.
Oliver Ries, the director in charge of Mir, has confirmed that the new Mir graphics server and Unity 8 will be included by default in Ubuntu 14.10. The codename for Ubuntu 14.10 could be Ubiquitous Uguisu.
Here's my perspective. I'm a Linux Mint and Ubuntu user.
I am in favor of wishing the best of luck to Ubuntu with Mir and with Unity 8, since I do not forget the work that Canonical did in making Free Software known. Nobility forces to recognize the work of Canonical in its beginnings.
For me, Mir and Unity 8 will be added options for GNU / Linux users, so far I don't see any inconvenience in the existence of Wayland and Mir.
I hope that the coexistence continues like this and that we do not get into absurd and senseless fights, fights that the truth have rotten me and that bring out the fundamentalism and fanaticism of many users on one side and the other, leaving aside the good sense and criticism constructive.
I do not believe that Ubuntu is following Apple's footsteps, I do not see indications or actions that indicate that Canonical will take that course of closed source drastically.
From my point of view, what I can say is that Canonical needs a graphics server that suits its needs, which is why I chose to develop MIR.
On the other hand , Red Hat , the GNOME community , and Intel opted for Wayland . I reiterate, from my point of view, MIR and Wayland can coexist in the GNU/Linux world.
Constructive comments are welcome
Sources :
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Canonical-Confirms-Mir-Will-Be-Default-in-Ubuntu-14-10-403067.shtml
http://www.lffl.org/2013/11/mir-unity-8-saranno-di-default-ubuntu-14-10.html