I'm an Ubuntu user since a few years. I made Canonical some money by buying some software in the software center (games actually). And I don't think that I'm al

I'm an Ubuntu user since a few years. I made Canonical some money by buying some software in the software center (games actually). And I don't think that I'm alone with this. But they are not only desktop. Juju (deployment) and Landscape (like Active Directory, but different) are products that certainly make them some big business income. And there is the support. It's not like they would avoid the Red Hat / SuSE revenue model. Then there are things like the Steam beta, that's upcoming on Linux (and Steam folks having a session at Ubuntu developer summit). Point is, there are always very vocal people that don't like something. It's human. I don't buy it. My view: Mark Shuttleworth created the most popular desktop Linux. And I see it around. And I have shown it to people and they have started to use it. I don't worry about Ubuntu. And if it is a mistake, I'd like to do one like this all the time. ps. I'm over 30 now, and I see people blowing off a lot of steam all the time. Specially in the press. Every one has an opinion. I don't buy it. Show me an article from someone who managed to achieve similar, you get more credible in my eyes. pps. Off topic, but I think South Africa is curious. I don't know it close up, but Mark Shuttleworth (Ubuntu) and Elon Musk (SpaceX, Tesla). I really think these people have a vision, and not only 'how to make the most money'. More like, 'how to make money and move things forward'. I like that.