Linked by on Mon 27th Oct 2008 23:10 UTC
From the get-go, the company behind the popular Linux distribution Ubuntu - Canonical - has backed Ubuntu with Mark Shuttleworth's money. The big question has always been if Canonical is actually making any money. We have a rather clear and definitive answer to that one now.
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RE[3]: Comment by Soulbender
by segedunum on Tue 28th Oct 2008 12:16
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-Support Price is a differentiator
Is it? It hasn't been for everyone else, and pushing back against that inertia where you are a completely new player is a very tough sell.
-Ease of use, even on a server, can be a differentiator, particularly for win admins making the transition to linux.
What ease of use? Ubuntu isn't a Windows Server replacement by any stretch of the imagination. Even Red Hat have been banging away at some of their management tools for several years, and frankly, they are still exceptionally poor next to Windows Server's. I haven't seen anything that has improved in Ubuntu.
-Features are a differentiator
What features?
they have done quite a bit to place Linux on the radar of many new people and that should not be discounted.
It's not enough.
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2006-01-28
There's plenty of room for competition:
-Support Price is a differentiator
-Ease of use, even on a server, can be a differentiator, particularly for win admins making the transition to linux.
-Features are a differentiator
-Canonical may not always do the right thing. I, for one, think the linux desktop would be further along if they had picked KDE as their primary desktop, but they have done quite a bit to place Linux on the radar of many new people and that should not be discounted.