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Ubuntu debuts its Upstream ReportUbuntu debuts its Upstream ReportPosted Oct 2, 2008 4:39 UTC (Thu) by jspaleta (subscriber, #50639)In reply to: Ubuntu debuts its Upstream Report by nevyn Parent article: Ubuntu debuts its Upstream Report
" Canonical isn't making money.
Not true. They loose lots of money .. (on a pretty consistent basis so far) Possibly true, although as a private company only they know."
As of May 22, 2008 Mark was quoted in an interview as saying that Canonical was "not close" to breaking even. I can't imagine a more qualified opinion on the matter than Shuttleworth.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/may/22/internet...
This interview is also interesting to note that because Mark talks about the future of software as "unlicensed" software. That is a bit of an odd way of describing FOSS if that was his intent. Everywhere else I see the phrase "unlicensed software" used it is used in the context of some sort of licensing violation. I'm pretty sure that Mark doesn't mean to imply that the future of software is going to be the use software in violation of the license that it is offered under.
-jef
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