Re: It's Official

On Thursday 29 November 2007 11:58:37 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_3-6
>123249.html

If you really like Ubuntu but don't want to use it for some strange dislike 
of Canonical, you can always get your support somewhere else. 

If you don't want to do that, there is an excellent alternative 
distribution. Sounds like you already know about it. It starts with a D. =)

-- 
Wesley J. Landaker <[email protected]> <xmpp:[email protected]>
OpenPGP FP: 4135 2A3B 4726 ACC5 9094  0097 F0A9 8A4C 4CD6 E3D2

_______________________________________________
NMLUG mailing list
[email protected]
http://lists.b9.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nmlug

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQBHTyBM8KmKTEzW49IRAnL1AJ9kfrfHbyvjgwGYewnFPGK80s6KqwCdEuM7
GZQz5N5dvDR0aAM/S1u//lQ=
=q3bT
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----