View Full Version : Is Ubuntu Linux slowly dying?
Chris_medico_2001
09-March-2007, 06:47
Canonical Ltd. are the official sponsors of Ubuntu Linux, with Mark Shuttleworth providing the funding, via Canonical, to move Ubuntu forward. So far, about $15-20 million has been spent.
And even at this point in time, with the top Linux distribution, the future is very uncertain. Mr. Shuttleworth has stated himself that it might take another two years before he even knows whether Canonical/Ubuntu has a chance to become profitable.
Article here (http://www.devside.net/articles/ubuntu-linux-dying)
jason.b.c
09-March-2007, 09:53
Article here (http://www.devside.net/articles/ubuntu-linux-dying)
So far, about $15-20 million has been spent.
On what...?!
Their crappy, buggy, hard-to-use / easy-to-fight-with Operating System..?
revhouse1
09-March-2007, 12:13
On what...?!
Their crappy, buggy, hard-to-use / easy-to-fight-with Operating System..?
Why yes, and then on marketing it -- same thing Linspire does.
Tom
deanlinkous
09-March-2007, 12:54
the popular kid does not stay popular forever - even the uber: popular
business solutions IS where the money is, period! You keep the desktop user happy with the basic product (fedora) while implementing solutions using the business product (RedHat)
JDoyle
09-March-2007, 12:58
"Has Lindows/Linspire made a profit yet? According to their VP of sales and marketing, Linspire is "very close" [at not losing 10 million per year]."
:confused::confused::confused:
JD
To answer my own question "Is Ubuntu Linux slowly dying?", I would have to say "Yes." For the simple reason that there is no money to be made offering support on the desktop. For a Linux distribution to be profitable, it has to cater to businesses. Businesses will purchase support contracts as a safety cushion, to have someone to blame, and for real support issues [and sometimes in that exact order]. The average end-user will not...
That's true it is in business that money can be had (taken)
Microsoft has a desktop OS (XP and Vista), they expect to sell xxx millions of versions, is that small change, I don't think so..
--they are also in the game console business.
If I was in the linux business for profit, (and one may ask, what other normal reason is there to be a business), i would look to entertainment opportunities as the most viable alternative, such as game consoles, media distribution servers
The question is, ?is there more money in hardware (products) or software (services). Software is only a virtual product, it's real nature is the services it can support..
Dr.Jones
09-March-2007, 14:54
Software is only a virtual product, it's real nature is the services it can support..Like CNR.com (http://cnr.com/) (couldn't resist :)...
NoKernel
09-March-2007, 15:53
Like CNR.com (http://cnr.com/) (couldn't resist :)...
Is that spam ?? lol
revhouse1
09-March-2007, 20:42
No spam comes in a small rectangular metal can and is made of meat and meat biproducts. Some consider it tasty -- while other revile it. Spam can be used with eggs in a many different ways as we have learned from Monty Python. :D
JDoyle
09-March-2007, 21:00
No spam comes in a small rectangular metal can and is made of meat and meat biproducts.Are you sure it's actually meat? :eek:
JD
ME-MYSELF-I
09-March-2007, 22:04
Well, meat biproducts anyway!:eek::p:eek: on occasion I do eat spam! spam sandwich thin sliced with onions cheese,lettuce, tomato, mustard, sandwich spread, and pickle. Oh yes nuke the spam first in paper towel to get rid of some of the fat.:):)
hqlinux
09-March-2007, 22:22
Are you sure it's actually meat? :eek:
JD
Actually... I like it...;):D:eek:
Harvey
Think Im going to throw up now! :eek:
Linuxratty
09-March-2007, 22:32
Think Im going to throw up now! :eek:
You and me both..The color is wrong,the texture is even wronger...It's like salty dog food.
deanlinkous
09-March-2007, 22:44
cant be no worse that the "meat" patty you get on most hamburgers at fast food joints....
but MAN is this off topic!!!!
but MAN is this off topic!!!!
Great huh?! :D
deanlinkous
09-March-2007, 23:04
spam, potted meat, vienna sausages
a lot of food we eat is nothing but junk - those aren't any worse IMO
I like the 'jelly' on the vienna sausages after they have been refrigerated a while - yummy
Dr.Jones
09-March-2007, 23:18
cant be no worse that the "meat" patty you get on most hamburgers at fast food joints....And you'd be better off to stay away from them (it's hard to convince a 5-yr old that chicken nuggets are better for them :) but MAN is this off topic!!!!Sorry, had to push it a little farther off track...
hqlinux
09-March-2007, 23:55
You and me both..The color is wrong,the texture is even wronger...It's like salty dog food.
LOL...
A little salty... maybe... but tasting like dog food??? I wouldn't know about that one;):D:D:eek:
Harvey
ME-MYSELF-I
10-March-2007, 00:05
bye the bye dry dog food ain't salty, canned I don't know. Got to gross out the kids once in a while!:D:D:D:D:D
subslug
10-March-2007, 00:15
Don't say anything about Spam if you're in Hawaii, those guys love the stuff.
Apparently the US brought a bunch of the stuff over for the troops during WWII and the Hawaiians grew a taste for it. Now it's on most of the menu's when you walk into any of the local eating places over there.
Anyway, I just think ....Ubuntu.
gordy1950
10-March-2007, 00:37
LOL...
A little salty... maybe... but tasting like dog food??? I wouldn't know about that one;):D:D:eek:
Harvey
If your hungry, dog food can be tasty............
deanlinkous
10-March-2007, 01:01
If your hungry, dog food can be tasty............
If your (really) hungry, dog can be tasty............
If your (really) hungry, dog can be tasty............
Well, some Asians (specially Koreans) say that is something else... I pass :eek:
revhouse1
10-March-2007, 02:42
Well, some Asians (specially Koreans) say that is something else... I pass :eek:
Don't knock it until you try it. If you didn't know what it was when you first ate it you might even think it was good. Just don't ask me how I know...
tom
Dr.Jones
10-March-2007, 03:43
Don't say anything about Spam if you're in Hawaii, those guys love the stuff.
Apparently the US brought a bunch of the stuff over for the troops during WWII and the Hawaiians grew a taste for it. Now it's on most of the menu's when you walk into any of the local eating places over there.Aloha :)...
ppetit55
10-March-2007, 04:01
Have you noticed how many threads wind up being about food, no matter where they start?:):):)
Cloudy Wizzard
10-March-2007, 08:50
"Has Lindows/Linspire made a profit yet? According to their VP of sales and marketing, Linspire is "very close" [at not losing 10 million per year]."
:confused::confused::confused:
JD
Offcourse, WHY pay for a commercial distro when you can get another distro with about the same stuff for absolutely free :D
Aloha :)...
Eeewww - Ken must be aspam muncher! :( :eek:
chatan
10-March-2007, 10:25
Don't say anything about Spam if you're in Hawaii, those guys love the stuff.
Apparently the US brought a bunch of the stuff over for the troops during WWII and the Hawaiians grew a taste for it. Now it's on most of the menu's when you walk into any of the local eating places over there.
Same here in Okinawa. Very popular. One of my favorite dishes is Goya Champaru where the Spam is mixed with Goya (bitter melon) and stir fried with some other veggies and tofu. ....Actually not usually 'Spam' anymore, but some of the other brands.
Dr.Jones
10-March-2007, 13:59
Eeewww - Ken must be aspam muncher! :( :eek:No Thank You :), but I recall it's extensive existence in restaurants; truly strange was having noodles - Saimin (http://www.reference.com/search?r=13&q=Saimin) - on McDonalds menu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saimin#McDonald.27s_saimin)...
gordy1950
11-March-2007, 03:20
Is that spam ?? lol
I always thought that spam was something you eat. Today it is something you read.
gordy1950
11-March-2007, 03:22
Don't knock it until you try it. If you didn't know what it was when you first ate it you might even think it was good. Just don't ask me how I know...
tom
Would that be the same thing as a hot dog? If so I've had hundreds of those...
No Thank You :), but I recall it's extensive existence in restaurants; truly strange was having noodles - Saimin (http://www.reference.com/search?r=13&q=Saimin) - on McDonalds menu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saimin#McDonald.27s_saimin)...
Supersize me - lol! :D
PseudoNym
11-March-2007, 17:55
On what...?!
Their crappy, buggy, hard-to-use / easy-to-fight-with Operating System..?
Ironic that Linspire/Freespire will now be based on Ubuntu isn't it? Personally I've not found Linspire/Freespire to be any less buggy than any other major distrobution. The two real advantages Linspire has had over other ditros targeting desktop users, imho, are its speedy installation and the one click installation provided by CNR.
I for one am glad to see Linspire/Freespire take a step forward by moving to using Ubuntu as its foundation. After all isn't that what makes Open Souce such a great thing, not reinventing the wheel rather start with the basic wheel and enhance it so that it is faster, stronger, more duable, all around better?
schotty
12-March-2007, 09:42
Dont forget to add that this is the mating of the best of both worlds. Personally out of all the distros out there, Ubuntu is the cleanest and simplest free distro for end-users. Red Hat may be the god linux distro (OpenBSD is the real god) of servers, their dsktop usage is primarily for peeps in the know. Ubuntu is what Fedora is aiming to be more like.
On the other front, out of all the commercial options, Linspire is the only one worth using. CNR is great (only a bigot/zealot can disagree there), and makes USING the computer just plain simple.
Blend these two together. Add commerical support. Linux nirvana practically. Only better thing I could think of (not that I see it happening here) is a CNR-like frontend to a ports style software installation method. But that's another story/topic/realm/adventure to be discusses probably elsewhere ;D
Needless to say, my conundrum of which ONE distro to push and support is no longer a problem. If Linspire can truly add their flavor to a Ubuntu base, it is Linspire. Either way, Ubuntu + CNR is pretty damn nice too.
Linuxnewbie
23-March-2007, 05:06
No spam comes in a small rectangular metal can and is made of meat and meat biproducts. Some consider it tasty -- while other revile it. Spam can be used with eggs in a many different ways as we have learned from Monty Python. :D
Green eggs and spam?........:)
Dr. Suess
Linuxnewbie
23-March-2007, 05:06
Actually... I like it...;):D:eek:
Harvey
Me too Harvey.......:)
Linuxnewbie
23-March-2007, 05:07
You and me both..The color is wrong,the texture is even wronger...It's like salty dog food.
Never had dog food.......:)
Linuxratty
23-March-2007, 17:09
Never had dog food.......:)
When we were kids,we were at a neighbor's house sampeling the dog kibble...When the only kid who was old enough to read came into the room.
She preceeded to read off the product's name and added something of her own for her own amisement. here is what she said:
"G-R-A-V-Y-T-R-A-I-N...POISON!"
:)
deanlinkous
23-March-2007, 18:18
well with the recent pet food poisioning - she was right! ;)
Not if the comparisons are right...
http://www.viperlair.com/articles/editorials/vista/versus/index.shtml
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