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Current Newswire: Finding Geotagged Photos in digiKam Going Microsoft-Free, Saying Buh-Bye to McBride Open and Accessible Desktop Linux needs salesmen! Next-generation Linux file systems: NiLFS(2) and exofs AMD opening shop in the Middle East? Faster booting with Upstart 5 Reasons why Ubuntu 9.10 is better than Windows 7 Sam Ramji: On the CodePlex Foundation and more Lenovo: Win7 beats Linux in netbooks Server Support Specialist I The Computer Merchant, Ltd US-OK-Oklahoma City Post A Job | Post A Resume "I Don't Think Anyone Can Make Money From the Linux Desktop" Oct 27, 2008, 19 :47 UTC (6 Talkback[s]) (4011 reads) (Other stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols) [ Thanks to Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for this link. ] "Yes, that's right. The man behind what's almost certainly the most popular Linux desktop doesn't think he, or anyone else, can make money from the Linux desktop. Furthermore, he never really has. "In a press call about the October 30th arrival of the next version of Ubuntu, Ubuntu 8.10, Shuttleworth said that Canonical has always seen the desktop as a "zero revenue" product."" Complete Story Related Stories: GNOME Usability Hackfest -- Where the Hell Did That File Just Go?(Oct 27, 2008) Ubuntu 8.10 Release Candidate Screenshot Tour(Oct 26, 2008) Ubuntu 8.10 Beta Screenshot Tour(Oct 03, 2008) Myths of Linux - People Don't Care About Licensing(Sep 18, 2008) Shuttleworth Urges Calm in Firefox/Ubuntu Flap(Sep 16, 2008) Shuttleworth's View on Patents (Microsoft and all)(Jul 25, 2008) The Man Behind Ubuntu: Talking with Mark Shuttleworth(Jul 08, 2008) Index Mode   |   Flat Mode   |   Thread Mode   |   Thread Flat     Talkback(s) Name  and Date   Hardware vendors can    littlenoodles Oct 27, 2008, 22:28:49     Re: Hardware vendors can--And consultants, too    Ed Matthews Oct 28, 2008, 00:58:32     I believe Shuttleworth is correct...    cjm Oct 28, 2008, 05:52:44     That's too funny    helios Oct 28, 2008, 06:24:33     Proprietary is anathema    Ronald Trip Oct 28, 2008, 12:22:48     OSs Not Consumer "Products"    Josh Oct 28, 2008, 19:27:01     Home | Search Talkbacks | Customize View    Top of Page   Enter your comments below: * Your Name: * Your Email Address: * Subject: CC: [will also send this talkback to an E-Mail address] * Comments: Tags allowed:<I>,<B> and <U>. See our talkback-policy for more about talkback content. Fields marked with * are required!

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