On 12/17/05, Colleen R. Dick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ubuntu seems to be funded by an independently wealthy Self Apointed
> Benign Dictator for Life (known as "the SABDFL" and pronounced
> "SAB-duh-full") Those of us that attended the talk couldn't readily
> identify an obvious revenue source.  But maybe they have long term plans
> they're not disclosing.
>

As I understand it, Mark Shuttleworth is still fabulously wealthy even
after going on a vacation to orbit. Running Canonical can't be that
resource intensive, and the Ubuntu install media distribution is
funded through the foundation.

Canonical.com also does some consulting work, though I can't find any
mention of it on their web site.


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