On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 11:00 PM, Ramnarayan.K <ramnaraya...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Ashutosh Rishi Ranjan > <ashutoshrish...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I love Ubuntu because frankly till now I have had no objections to >> Canonical's decisions. I weigh their decisions in terms of its effect >> on new users not me because I know that the decision won't really >> affect me because I can choose what I want after installing the >> default. Canonical does not enforce but merely makes their decisions >> idiot-proof. > > I missed an important point in my original mail but here is one of the crux > > What if, just thing about it, what if Canonical asked you to pay. A La > Novell and Closed Suse (as opposed to open suse) or Red Hat > > This (at another level) is also applicable to Gmail (and other google > services)
When I first went to Ubuntu.com to download my first copy of the OS, the first thing I read was "The Ubuntu Promise". Which of course promises to keep ubuntu free. And I *trust* in it. Even if they manage to charge on it against the uproar of a massive community which has kept itself well versed with the Ubuntu Promise, at this moment, I have faith in them and thats why Ubuntu is great. I don't think they will ever put a price on it. The community is there to ensure that. Even though Canonical is the main company as I said, they are important as long as they keep the community running. If the community collapses, Ubuntu is going to be history. Plus if there is ever a situation that Canonical just lets ubuntu go, there is an Ubuntu Foundation with enough funds to keep ubuntu running until everything stabilizes. > Yes people would migrate , maybe, but would you pay. I wouldn't , not > because its about the money because actually i am willing to pay for > services. which is what the open source model offers. > > ram -- Ashutosh Rishi Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
