In response to
Tristan's post which is in response to
Aaron's post, the logo for
Canonical is probably not accidental. Merriam-Webster defines canonical as:
of, relating to, or forming a canon
And a canon is:
a : an accepted principle or rule
b : a criterion or standard of judgment
c : a body of principles, rules, standards, or norms
But it also says canonical means:
conforming to a general rule or acceptable procedure
Which Canonical most certainly doesn't. Well, it may conform to free software, but certainly not to the widely accepted practices of proprietary software.
So, Canonical is a cannon designed to change/improve/destroy the currently canonical definition of how software is supposed to be created, sold and supported, thus forming the new software development canon? Sounds good to me.
