Shuttleworth Says Canonical Is Not Cash-Flow Positive

eldavojohn writes "Mark Shuttleworth, the millionaire bankroller who keeps Ubuntu going strong, has revealed 'Canonical is not cash-flow positive' just as version 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) of the popular Linux distribution is released today. In a call, he said he 'had no objection' in funding Canonical for another three to five years. He did say, however, that if they concentrated on the server edition of Ubuntu that they could be profitable in two years."

Re:Hands Down

[Anarke_Incarnate]

Brown. It is full of brown. What can brown do for you?

Re:So...

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh come on Mr. GNAA, you can do better than that. Jumpy Jigaboo? It even involves the next one up alphabetically.

Re:Hands Down

[Anonymous Coward]

It doesn't use RPM.

Re:Of course they should concentrate on the server

[davolfman]

I always thought the commercial should go something like:

Hello I'm a Mac.

And, I'm a PC. And so is he. And so is that guy with the beard over there.

Hi, I'm a Linux box.

In fact my buddies the server and the workstation are PC's too. Even this little guy.

Hi, I'm a netbook!

Is a PC.


Of course it's more of an Intel commercial than an MS one.

Re:Of course they should concentrate on the server

[onefriedrice]

You're right. It looks like this is definitely the year of Linux on the desktop... again.

Re:Of course they should concentrate on the server

[Anonymous Coward]

You're saying that it's impressive that women can use Linux? Tell me. Has the intelligence in women drastically increased in the last few years making it now possible for women to use Linux?

Re:Of course they should concentrate on the server

[the_womble]

No he just thinks its impressive that he knows three women - that's more than any of his friends.

Re:Of course they should concentrate on the server

[Anonymous Coward]

That's how good Linux is. Every year we absolutely go out there and dominate the market. We just give it back to MS at the end to promote our non-socialist credentials.