Interview for Club of François Bancilhon, CEO of Mandriva at MandrivaClub

[Shawn McMahon]

On Fri, Feb 10, 2006 at 02:45:21PM -0800, Corey Burger said:
> new "in thing" is Ubuntu. Of course, the situation is a bit different
> in this case: one person, with a quasi infinite check book is behind
> the operation."

I, for one, welcome our new billionaire overlord.

Seriously, though; it's not like Mark can write a check for a billion
dollars.  In practical terms, he probably can't pry loose much more cash
than, say, RedHat or SuSE.  Ubuntu is what it is because of the people
involved; Mark provided a compelling vision that was of more importance
than his checkbook.  Not that the checkbook isn't useful too.  :)

Or to put it another way, Mark's billions didn't beget Ubuntu; the same
things about Mark that begat the billions begat Ubuntu.


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