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Makes sense to me, but do they have any/many corporate customers? I'd imagine the expense of maintaining a distro branch over time grows super-linearly.
by dignan 15y ago
Makes sense to me, but do they have any/many corporate customers? I'd imagine the expense of maintaining a distro branch over time grows super-linearly.
- ootachi 15y agoIt's right there in the article: "The company's statement cites Qualcomm and the city of Munich as examples of organizations that have conducted large-scale Ubuntu desktop rollouts."
- dignan 15y agoSomehow missed that, thanks :) As a side note, it's interesting to point out that Red Hat has long held that they're not really interested in the desktop market [1], so it's good to see a Linux distro make a play in the corporate desktop space. [1] - http://ostatic.com/blog/red-hat-still-doesnt-need-desktop-linux http://ostatic.com/blog/red-hat-still-doesnt-need-desktop-li...
- endeavor 15y agoNo, but that's the point. The 3 year product support cycle scares away corporate customers. Most CIOs don't want to be forced to do a hardware refresh before it's absolutely necessary. I assume the majority of the corporate desktop users are developers who also use Ubuntu as a server platform. E.g. me.
- cpeterso 15y agoGoogle uses "Goobuntu" on its desktops, but I'm not sure if they pay for Ubuntu support or just do it themselves.