Matthew Revell wrote: > On 01/07/06, Vid Ayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> potential >> scope in getting Corporate clients to actually pay for >> Canonical/Ubuntu customised software services or generate revenue >> based on long term-contracts, 24/7 support, etc.... > >> At this point, it would be interesting to know how the Marketing team >> hopes to achieve this goal. > > I'd say it's important to remember that Canonical and Ubuntu are two > different things. Ubuntu is a project and community based around > providing a free, Linux-based operating system. Canonical is that > project's sponsor and main champion. > > It's true that the two are linked but, in terms of corporate-level > services, I think we should look to communicate the full ecosystem of > support etc. Canonical is quite keen to push that too, so again there > is plenty of crossover, but unless Canonical specifically want us to > get involved, I don't think our job is to promote Canonical's paid-for > services. > > I want Canonical's paid-for services to succeed, but we're not in a > position to market them: we don't know their strategy, the scope of > what they can provide, etc. However, we can take advantage of them by > using them as a selling point when targetting corporates, if we chose > to go down that route. > I'll second that, Matthew.
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