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I might be wrong about this, but I'm pretty sure I read that AWS pays Canonical for a support contract on the official Ubuntu AMIs, to make sure they stay stabl
by apetresc 10y ago
I might be wrong about this, but I'm pretty sure I read that AWS pays Canonical for a support contract on the official Ubuntu AMIs, to make sure they stay stable and up-to-date with the new Xen versions AWS uses, etc.
Anyway, even if they aren't making (significant) money on it now, having market dominance certainly puts them in a better position to profit eventually, than in mobile where they first have to unseat the three largest software companies in the world, on those companies' most lucrative markets.
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- dustinkirkland 10y agoCanonical has a commercial relationship with dozens of public clouds, ensuring that the Ubuntu in each of those clouds is securely produced, actively maintained, and at the standards and quality Ubuntu users expect. See the list of excellent commercial cloud partners at: https://partners.ubuntu.com/programmes/public-cloud https://partners.ubuntu.com/programmes/public-cloud
- SEJeff 10y agoThanks Dustin. I know you're a canonical employee so this is about as official of an answer as I'll get. Much appreciated.