Ubuntu's Death Rattle

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"Having failed to turn a profit year, after year, Canonical/Ubuntu has put all of it's remaining energy into this deal: from the website...


Let me explain the concept of Free Software.
Volunteers write it. They don't get paid. They don't expect to. They do expect the software to be given away for free.

That some company or other riding on their coat tails fails to make a profit is irrelevant. They're not going to stop just because that company goes bankrupt. They were doing quite well with no company at all involved in the mix, and they'll continue to do well when that company goes away.

Put the Death Rattle away. The primary producers of Ubuntu don't care about profit at all.