Ubuntu Linux Claims 12,000 Cloud Deployments 165
darthcamaro writes "The cloud is more than just hype for Ubuntu. Canonical COO Matt Asay is now saying that they can count 12,000 deployments of the Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud. He also thinks the cloud is where Ubuntu can make money — because in his view, the company for the last five years wasn't set up to generate revenue. From the article: 'The conversion of non-paying to paying users is often a difficult ratio to report for any open source effort, and Ubuntu is no exception. Asay noted that Canonical plans to get more aggressive at tracking its free-to-paid ratio on Ubuntu Linux and its related services and technologies. "For the first five years of the company's life, it wasn't set up to make money," Asay said. "The company was set up to make a fantastic Linux distribution and other tools around it and get it out there and get people using it. That was the focus." That's now changing at Canonical as the emphasis is now shifting to generating revenues.'"
Related Timing? (Score:5, Funny)
Just when I was moving to Debian.
Re:WTF? (Score:1, Funny)
So, they are going to make money on what?
According to Larry Ellison on water vapor.
'set up to make a fantastic Linux distribution...' (Score:5, Funny)
We're fine with moving priority to the new objective as soon as you've completed the former. ;-)
Ubuntu 10.04 presumably [slashdot.org] is not it just yet.
Re:Why choose Ubuntu? Why not something else? (Score:4, Funny)
Pure fanboyistic bullshit. If these people were reasoning their choices out, they would use Microsoft Windows 7, the finest operating system yet to come from Redmond. The pure joy of using Microsoft Windows 7 is a bargain at twice the price, I assure you. And security? Brother, let's not even talk about security. Microsoft Windows 7.
Re:Why choose Ubuntu? Why not something else? (Score:5, Funny)
I'm using Ubuntu right now, but a coworker told me he prefers Fedora (quote: "Any OS that fits on a single CD can't be any good."). Meanwhile my company is using Red Hat for their development.
What makes one Linux better than another?
I say the same thing about programming languages. Any application that doesn't carry a runtime dependency of at least a few hundred megs can't be any good. That's why I use the .NET framework. Oh--I also hate freedom and kick puppies.
Re:You're on to something (Score:5, Funny)
The music industry were complaining that "pirate" was too glamorous. Perhaps they adopted the term "rapist" then copyright infringement would have a bigger stigma.
I think the music industry already has the whole "raping music" thing covered.
Re:Why choose Ubuntu? Why not something else? (Score:3, Funny)
That's why I use the .NET framework. Oh--I also hate freedom and kick puppies.
... that's fine as long as you keep seeding the torrents.