[CS-FSLUG] 'Can't make money from desktop Linux'

EnzoAeneas enzoaeneas at gmail.com
Thu Oct 30 00:58:02 CDT 2008


I think the most common are support and integration services.
You are right though: who will pay?

--Kevin James
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 9:51 PM, Fred A. Miller <fmiller at lightlink.com> wrote:
> 'Can't make money from desktop Linux'
>
> 'Can't make money from desktop Linux' Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Mark
> Shuttleworth, the guy behind the most popular Linux distro, Ubuntu,
> bursts a bubble during yesterday's press call: "I don't think anyone can
> make money from the Linux desktop...the only way to build business
> around software is with services." Two questions: What services? And who
> will pay?
>
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