I will save any judgement on Canonical or any other company until they have black figures. Until then, the process is not yet sustainable and matters little in the long run.
Posted Aug 12, 2009 19:22 UTC (Wed) by snadrus (guest, #60224)
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Important point!
If [their organization cannot persist (which is true if they live in the red)] then
anyone requesting more from them could at-best see short-term benefits until they run out of cash reserves.
They've enhanced the open source desktop with Upstart & invited more independent developers to open source with Quickly and Launchpad.