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:What if Ubuntu Hosted a Repository and Nobody Came?
What if Ubuntu Hosted a Repository and Nobody Came?
Feb 14, 2008, 01 :00 UTC (5 Talkback[s]) (6229 reads)

(Other stories by Bruce Byfield)

"Last week, Canonical, the commercial face of the Ubuntu GNU/Linux distribution, announced that it would be using its Partners repository to sell proprietary applications like Parallels Workstation. You can see the reasoning: Ubuntu's Debian technology already has the infrastructure for on-demand downloads and software installation, so why not monetize it?

"But, if past incarnations of the idea are any indication, then the results are likely to be disappointing at best..."

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...and there may never be many packages  ...   It may not ever amount to much...   
cjm
Feb 14, 2008, 03:30:06
 
One unfortunate side-effect of this repo ...   The Dodo   
Rob
Feb 14, 2008, 04:09:33
 
This is only just started. They said tha ...   Give it time   
Mike
Feb 14, 2008, 12:38:13
 
> This is only just started. They said t ...   Re: Give it time   
Rufus Polson
Feb 14, 2008, 16:47:46
 
Actually, for many traditional users of  ...   Re: Re: Give it time   
Mike
Feb 15, 2008, 00:06:47
 
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