On 10/13/06, Jean-Paul Faessen - Toran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > To say the least, I use Linux for about 10 years. > My latest bought distro being SuSE 10.1. > > Well, Ubuntu beats SuSE and not a little bit, but good. > I changed now to Xubuntu, as my PC is getting older and I like a bit of speed. > > My remark is you expect to be soon profitable. > How can you if you give all for free? > > Greetings, > > Toran
Toran, Ubuntu is a distro. It does not need to make money. Canonical is the company which funds most of the development on that distro. Canonical needs to make money. Is Canonical profitable? AFAIK, currently no. However, as a private company, their finances are not available for public scrutiny. How does Canonical make money? Support and services. Will Ubuntu be around if Canonical goes under? Yes. The Ubuntu Foundation is sitting on $10 million for that very reason. Answer your question? Corey -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
