Where's the money come from?

[im_ka]

"So what's the plan, Brain??"

"The same plan it is every night, Pinky..... to try and install Ubuntu at Bill Gate's house!"

"Wow, Brain, your the smartest!"

ROTFL

[fng]

nice 1

[mark]

We have a plan, but it's absolutely not charging for Ubuntu.

"...so, what's your plan?"

"Plan? I don't have a plan...I'm makin' this up as I go along..."

"Oh. Okay, so long as ya got a plan..."

[shad0w]

I love Ubuntu and everything but I can't help wondering where all the money comes from. The combined costs of the free CDs and bandwidth/server costs must be enormous. Is ubuntu backed by some big company? Or are they just getting A LOT of donations?

[az]

Canonical is the "big company"
http://www.canonical.com/

The Ubuntu Project is a community project with participation from many volunteers, sponsored by Canonical Ltd. Canonical will not charge licence fees for Ubuntu, now or at any stage in the future. Canonical's business model is to provide technical support and professional services related to Ubuntu. Please see Paid support for further information.

http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/paidsupport
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/merchandise
http://www.cafepress.com/ubuntushop.14580695

"The Ubuntu team will send you Ubuntu CDs at no charge, for you to install and share. We will cover the cost of shipping the CDs to you as well." - This is marketing. It's better than a Brittney Spears add for Cola.

[amoser]

My qustion is (even though this may never happen, it is a big IF), what if Mark Shuttleworth runs out of money, what will happen then?

~Alan

[jdodson]

My qustion is (even though this may never happen, it is a big IF), what if Mark Shuttleworth runs out of money, what will happen then?

~Alan

he will have to get a job at mcdonalds like all the other poor rich folk

[BWF89]

My qustion is (even though this may never happen, it is a big IF), what if Mark Shuttleworth runs out of money, what will happen then?

Then:

-Free CD's coudln't be shipped, you would have to download and burn the ISO yourself...

-The community would be responciple for creating and maintaining the OS...

-These forums would become alot less active...

[poofyhairguy]

My qustion is (even though this may never happen, it is a big IF), what if Mark Shuttleworth runs out of money, what will happen then?

~Alan

Dude, he's gonna run out of money. He is a great businessman with lots of projects. If anything, Ubuntu is more like a community service- he wanted to make Debian better!

[amoser]

he will have to get a job at mcdonalds like all the other poor rich folk

Hey what does that mean, I work at McDonalds, and I am not rich.

~Alan