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I have a hard time figuring out how Canonical is going to make money. Most desktop users are not going to pay for support.
by jpr 15y ago
I have a hard time figuring out how Canonical is going to make money. Most desktop users are not going to pay for support.
- AJ007 15y agoDefault search engine provider + app store = tons of $$$ with first world users.
- olalonde 15y agoThey have Ubuntu One, some kind of Dropbox. https://one.ubuntu.com/ https://one.ubuntu.com/
- melling 15y agoHow much do they need to make? If they made an average of $1/user, would that make them profitable? Having more people download your software, or having additional vendors ship it on netbooks, etc., shouldn't increase your costs by much.
- Keyframe 15y agoI always wondered why they didn't put an ad during install process. There could be a google ads type of system where people could buy ads and get served impressions in installations. Or something like that. There are numerous ways to do this.
- 2muchcoffeeman 15y agoStop putting ads in everything. Ads suck.