Re: It's Official

On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 11:58 -0700, Steve Browne wrote:

> A few years back a bunch of people on the NMLUG list were pimping 
> Debian, and only Debian. I have my preferences amongst Linux distros, 
> but I always shy away from messianic causes. Canonical, the publisher of 
> Ubuntu, is in fact a private for-profit company. Among other things,
> 
> "Canonical charges $250 per year for PC support during business hours 
> and $2,750 per year for round-the-clock server support. In addition, a 
> number of business partners also offer support..."
> 
> http://www.news.com/Canonical-seeks-profit-from-free-Ubuntu/2100-7344_3-6123249.html
> 
> The implementation of Linux is the foremost topic here, and anyone is 
> free to make their choice, but with HUNDREDS of choices (distrowatch.com 
> covers the top 100) I wish the discussions were more expansive.


I see no problem with Canonical charging for support.  It's not any
different than Red Hat, SuSe, and Mandriva all of which are for profit.
But unlike Red Hat, SuSe, and Mandriva you don't have to pay to use
Ubuntu.

Eric


 



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