News from computerworld.com often mentions the topic "who can make profits through Linux Desktop" in the Linux Industry. The CEO of Canonical Corporation and founder of parse tulinux answered this question. MarkShuttleworth's answer is: "Idon 'tthinkanyonecanmakemoneyfromthelinuxdesktop." Indeed
News from computerworld.com often mentions the topic "who can make profits through Linux Desktop" in the Linux Industry. The CEO of Canonical and founder of Ubuntu Linux answered this question. Mark Shuttleworth's answer is: "I don't think anyone can make money from the Linux desktop ."
Indeed, Mark Shuttleworth, as a supporter behind the popular Linux release Ubuntu, thinks that he or anyone else cannot make money on the Linux Desktop. Further, he has never made any money on Ubuntu Linux Desktop.
When talking about the next release of Ubuntu October 30, which will be released in 8.10, Mark Shuttleworth said that Canonical has always regarded Ubuntu Desktop as a zero-income product.
Mark Shuttleworth talked about his reluctance to package and package free software and sell it again as a viable way to make profits. They think the only business model that can be built is to provide additional services for the software. Mark Shuttleworth also said that he believes that Microsoft's profit model will also change to the provision of services, and he also says, "I 've heard creditable reports of Microsoft offering XP at no cost to OEMs. "(I have heard reliable news that Microsoft will provide XP to OEMs for free)