Getting approved

[Jamon Camisso]

Corey Burger wrote:
> "More of a support and free promotion outlet for Shuttleworth and
> Canonical than anything else"
> 
> This is absolutely and completely false. Canonical funds Ubuntu
> development and yes, does benefit from great Ubuntu uptake, but then
> again, so do the hundreds of companies listed on
> http://www.ubuntu.com/support/marketplace

There is plenty of pie to go around for everyone:
http://www.canonical.com/support

Who benefits the most? Which company's main business is Ubuntu? 
Canonical. Ubuntu is great, don't get me wrong, but to conveniently 
forget that the whole distro is a business venture first and foremost is 
a little shortsighted. My point is that we are a part of the business, 
doing work for someone for free. No value judgement there, that's just 
how it is, and we benefit too, by having a superb distro to use for 
free, and by providing local support, paid or otherwise. But again, even 
if Canonical isn't making money for now, they are trying to... we're 
part of the equation.

> Ubuntu Canada is about UBUNTU not about Canonical. Lets be absolutely
> clear on that.

Exactly... That's the whole point of using the community to promote 
Ubuntu. It's called free advertising. You scratch my back and give me a 
free distro, I get involved, tell my friends, get the name out there, 
maybe some suits hear about it, buy a support contract or two, I've just 
scratched your back. It's a win win, and it never has to be about 
Canonical which works for everyone involved.

Jamon