Inspite of the 'organized hatchet job' on Unity by folks never under any compulsion to use it to explain the 'hatred' it was the best placed to do this. It was by far the most polished and modern looking Linux desktop. It was Ubuntu's USP and its tragic they imploded at a time they could capitalize the most.
I fail to understand all these 'community' spokespeople who have suddenly cropped up on discussion boards who seek to act as 'gatekeepers'. This is not how open source works, people have always done their own thing. No one is in a position to decide what is NIH, fragmentation, duplication of effort or 'good' for the community. Individuals cannot speak for a community.
What is wrong with having Mir or having an alternative to Android on phones, all bankrolled by Shuttleworth? These would be welcome and how some have managed to convert these Ubuntu investments into a huge negative is simply inexplicable. No disinterested user or observer can be so bitter about other projects.