[ Thanks to The
VAR Guy for this link. ]
“While the EC2 news is certainly good for Canonical and its
customers ? not to mention the broader group of users and channel
partners who would benefit from an increased Ubuntu presence in the
IT world writ-large ? it reflects only a fraction of the growth
area for Ubuntu in the cloud. EC2 is only part of the cloud
equation, and it?s also one where Ubuntu has already made strong
inroads.“Going forward, what would really signal success for Canonical
would be greater deployment of Ubuntu within private clouds. This
is the front where Canonical has arguably been dumping its greatest
share of development resources lately, with strong efforts to
enhance OpenStack and related services that will prove most
appealing to users interested in building their own clouds.”