While I see what you're saying, I've never seen a company the size of Canonical attempt to respond to every single new thing in the marketplace the way it does:
Smartphones? Ubuntu Phone. Also Ubuntu for Android
Smart TV boxes? Ubuntu TV
AWS? OpenStack
CoreOS? Ubuntu Core
DVCS? Bzr
Windows 8 Metro mode? Unity
The problem is most of these don't do their jobs well. I think they'd be much much better off focusing on one or two rather than attacking on so many fronts. I still use Ubuntu on the server but everyone I know has moved off ubuntu on desktop for OS X, mainly because of how slowly Unity has improved.
As a 10 year long Ubuntu user for servers, desktop, cloud etc I agree with both your comments. Ubuntu/canonical over announces and under delivers recently to the level of appearing not believable. I m still waiting for my Ubuntu phone, Ubuntu for Android etc, and had to delete my Ubuntu one.
Smartphones? Ubuntu Phone. Also Ubuntu for Android Smart TV boxes? Ubuntu TV AWS? OpenStack CoreOS? Ubuntu Core DVCS? Bzr Windows 8 Metro mode? Unity
The problem is most of these don't do their jobs well. I think they'd be much much better off focusing on one or two rather than attacking on so many fronts. I still use Ubuntu on the server but everyone I know has moved off ubuntu on desktop for OS X, mainly because of how slowly Unity has improved.