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New Ubuntu Foundation Announced

Posted by Zonk on from the ubuntu-brings-best-wishes-for-everybody! dept.

AccUser writes "Mark Shuttleworth and Canonical Ltd, founders of the popular Ubuntu Linux-based operating system, have today announced the creation of The Ubuntu Foundation with an initial funding commitment of US$10m. From the article: 'The Ubuntu Foundation will employ core Ubuntu community members to ensure that Ubuntu will remain fully supported for an extended period of time, and continue to produce new releases of the distribution. As a first step, the Foundation announces that Ubuntu version 6.04, due for release in April 2006, will be supported for three years on the desktop and five years on the server.'"

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  1. Re:Oh crikey, not another one! by justforaday · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, if we could just get them all working together on some sort of United Linux, all of our problems would be solved...

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    I'll turn into a supernova and burn up everything. Well I'll turn into a black little hole and you'll turn into string.
  2. I wonder if ... by Laz10 · · Score: 4, Funny

    $10m will make sound work out of the box :p

  3. Perhaps they could merge by sczimme · · Score: 4, Funny


    Ok, so now we have Ubuntu, Gentoo, Suse, Red hat, Mandriva, colinux, Yellow dog, Caldera

    If they merged we could have UbunTuseYellowCoDrivaDeraDogHat.

    If nothing else the domains should be readily available.

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    I want to drag this out as long as possible. Bring me my protractor.
    1. Re:Perhaps they could merge by Excelsior · · Score: 2, Funny

      If they merged we could have UbunTuseYellowCoDrivaDeraDogHat.

      If nothing else the domains should be readily available.

      Hah. I've been sitting on that one for a while. My pot of gold is so close I can feel it.

  4. 10m$, huh? by Anm · · Score: 2, Funny

    I would have though they could do better than one cent.

    Oh... 10M$!!! Well then.

  5. Re:Start of Something Special by SaDan · · Score: 3, Funny
    3 Years of desktop support and 5 years of server?


    Let's see... Ubuntu is based on Debian, which takes about three years to put together a new release. Coincidence? ;-)
  6. Creepy similarities... by jimcooncat · · Score: 2, Funny

    Daniel Robbins develops Gentoo, project never sees profit, helps establish non-profit foundation to oversee distro, gets hired by Microsoft.

    Mark Shuttleworth develops Ubuntu, project never sees profit, helps establish non-profit foundation to oversee distro, ... OH MY GOD!

    p.s. Good thing for us Shuttleworth appears somewhat solvent.

  7. Re: The smiling women with the pokey nipples by ArmorFiend · · Score: 2, Funny
    The Ubuntu Foundation will employ core Ubuntu community members


    Great! I can't wait to "employ" the "core" of certain Ubuntu community members!
  8. Re:Careful about those one line summaries by Darby · · Score: 2, Funny

    we know when you say wife you mean pet turtle.

    Give me some credit, it's a pet robot turtle.
    With fricken laser beams shooting out of its leg holes.