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CNET News: Canonical Seeks Profit from Free Ubuntu

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Stephen Shankland
Oct 6, 2006

“Canonical is the 65-employee start-up behind a popular version
of Linux called ‘Ubuntu.’ The company is betting that it can win a
place in the market using a strategy that dominant Linux seller Red
Hat has dropped.

“Red Hat offers two versions of Linux: Fedora Core and Red Hat
Enterprise Linux…”


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