Re: [Sheflug] Ubuntu

[Richard Ibbotson <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 08 November 2012 12:19:15 Andrew Smith wrote:> 
> Looks more like a paper wall than a paywall, since you can just
> click a button at the bottom of the page that says take me to the
> downloads. Do Canonical really think they can make a business out
> of voluntary donations? Smacks of desperation and lack of business
> sense given how much Red Hat makes from Linux support.

I was thinking something like that.  If they had some software that 
was different from any other I could see why they want you to pay for 
it.  Ubuntu Server is good but it's a bit of a specialised market and 
you can always use Fedora or something similar.  Not much point in 
asking for a voluntary contribution when the whole thing is properly 
funded anyway.

-- 
Richard
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