The question is not who makes money _from_ linux on the desktop, the questions is, who makes money _because_of_ linux on the desktop. Canonical's profits are g

The question is not who makes money _from_ linux on the desktop, the questions is, who makes money _because_of_ linux on the desktop. Canonical's profits are going to come from training, certification and consulting partnerships; but they aren't the only ones who will be making money from the existence of capable linux desktops. Any org that has a large number of client installations would probably save money (easiest way to make it) by implementing a linux desktop.