Oracle intersted in buying Ubunutu

[grethe at bek.no]

> On 4/18/06, grethe at bek.no <grethe at bek.no> wrote:
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>> Nice. But is Ubuntu for sale?
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>> Grethe M.
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> No, but maybe the forums are.
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> "Ubuntu also boasts one of the largest community bases of all the Linux
> distributions, called the Ubuntu Forums, which contain more than 67,000
> unique registered users. Monson-Haefel said he believes Oracle could
> effectively tap into this popularity and use it alongside Ubuntu's desktop
> and server side aspects to design a truly complete software stack."
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> It's actually more than like 92 000 members....
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> So is Ubuntu great because the forums are large or are the forums large
> because Ubuntu is great?
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> Both, I guess?

Why Ubuntu is great? I dont know. I like the visual design, that it
actually works for me (a non techie). And that it has these
quasi-mythological  stories about extreemely rich and philantropic
moonwalkers attached to it.

If the forums can be sold? Hmm, well. You can sell and buy a square, and
also sell tickets at the entrance - but can you hinder people leaving if
they feel sold out? Maybe. But I think you can't.

Grethe M.