The problem with Canonical is that it looks like they started working from the wrong end of the stick. So long as you make it to your pre-defined convergence point, what does it matter if you start with Ubuntu and try to evolve it towards mobile, or start with Android and work the other way? The difference is that if they'd taken the latter approach, they could've probably already reached it by now. Instead, they set themselves up to fight an uphill battle, alone, and get bogged down with a bunch of diversions wrt to Unity and Mir and systemd, which, in the grand scheme of things, should have only appeared as pit stops along the way. It's silly.
