On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 8:12 PM, William Park <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:opengeometry@yahoo.ca">opengeometry@yahoo.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
This begs the question... how does Ubuntu make money (eventually)?<br></blockquote><div> <br>They are a private company, so numbers are not readily available, but ...<br><br>They have several initiatives for making money.<br>
<br>- "Cloud" offering where people can store their stuff and pay for it.<br><br>- Enterprise Cloud offering.<br><br>- Support for enterprise clients (both desktop and servers)<br></div></div><br>- Partnerships (e.g. inclusion of proprietary packages in special repositories)<br>
<br>- Certification for hardware<br><br>- Training.<br><br>Now, how successful is any of the above? One can only guess.<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Khalid M. Baheyeldin<br><a href="http://2bits.com">2bits.com</a>, Inc.<br><a href="http://2bits.com">http://2bits.com</a><br>
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