The real reason?
for this emnbiggening?
Pehaps the Canonical coffers are starting to run dry and they need to make some money and lots of it?
As someone who was a Ubuntu user from the early days until the 10.10 release, I get the feeling that their time has passed. With the rise of alternative distros like Mint their niche has become IMHO a lot smaller these days.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
