Ubuntu Server Edition Gaining Business Applications

Jan 22, 2009, 16:02 (0 Talkback[s])

[ Thanks to The VAR Guy for this link. ]

"I have to admit: I was getting a little worried about Canonical's partner and ISV (independent software vendor) efforts with Ubuntu Server Edition. At LinuxWorld Expo in mid-2008, Alfresco, Openbravo and several other companies vowed to more aggressively support Ubuntu Server Edition.

"But Canonical's server efforts have yielded mixed results. It's a chicken-and-the-egg type of problem. Developers won't write for Ubuntu Server Edition until there's customer demand. And customers won't demand Ubuntu Server Edition until developers write applications for the operating system."

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