Don't forget they recently lengthened the long term support from 3 to 5
years for the desktop.  It's seems to me clearly designed to conserve
developer resources by pushing users who don't want to regularly upgrade to
the LT releases.

On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com> wrote:

> http://thevarguy.com/open-**source-application-software-**
> companies/ubuntu-1304-**canonicals-latest-linux-whats-**new-whats-not<http://thevarguy.com/open-source-application-software-companies/ubuntu-1304-canonicals-latest-linux-whats-new-whats-not>
>
> "Ubuntu developers have announced, after a lengthy debate that began
> earlier this spring, that non-longterm support (LTS) releases of the
> operating system will receive official support only for nine months,
> instead of the eighteen Canonical previously provided."
>
>
> It's the new approach, I guess -- pushing users to upgrade within 3 months
> after each new release.  Is this a good idea?  What do you all think?
>
> Mike
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