Back in 2008, when Canonical was still ramping up as big Linux player – Mark Shuttleworth told me that his company was not cash flow positive. At the time, that made sense, after all what startup is immediately profitable.
Fast forward to 2013 and during a call announcing Ubuntu for Tablets and Shuttleworth once again said that his company was still not profitable.
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