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The Business Model of Ubuntu

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the making-it-better dept.

Andareed writes "Open-source software companies, such as Ubuntu (an open-source Linux distribution), are better able to respond to user request and bugs than traditional software companies, such as Microsoft. Simon Law, head of the Quality Assurance department at Ubuntu in a talk given to the UW Computer Science Club, explains why this is, and how Ubuntu is leveraging the open-source model. Simon explains how the QA department at Ubuntu differs from traditional QA departments, through its use of the open-source community at large. Most interesting is Simon's views on what motivates open-source developers to develop software, and how open-source oriented businesses (specifically Ubuntu) are making money."

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  1. Sounds Swell... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    But why the fuck did I need to fuck around in vi and my X config file to get Ubuntu to run at anything higher than 640x480 when Windows and OS X just worked...

    Dear Ubuntu it's 2006...

    "Linux, just as easy as OS X and Windows(if you put enough work into it)"

  2. Shuttleworth by SIInudeity · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I wish there were more rich geeks like Shuttleworth out there. His outset was purely to give back to the OS community. I wonder of Gates knows what giving feels like.