If you don make a commercial “Ubuntu Professional Edition”, how can Ubuntu be sustainable?
We have some initial revenues from services related to Ubuntu. We have been contracted to produce customised distributions, and we participate in large-scale tenders for big Linux deployments, usually in partnership with local companies, where our job is to provide escalation support. In addition to widespread adoption in developing countries, Ubuntu may well be running all over NASA’s Moffett Field soon… So we have the foundations of a sustainable project, and I’m confident that we have a reasonable chance of getting Ubuntu to the point where it funds itself for ongoing growth.
