[ubuntu-in] If not Ubuntu then what

[Ashutosh Rishi Ranjan]

On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 11:00 PM, Ramnarayan.K <ramnarayan.k at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Ashutosh Rishi Ranjan
> <ashutoshrishi92 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I love Ubuntu because frankly till now I have had no objections to
>> Canonical's decisions. I weigh their decisions in terms of its effect
>> on new users not me because I know that the decision won't really
>> affect me because I can choose what I want after installing the
>> default. Canonical does not enforce but merely makes their decisions
>> idiot-proof.
>
> I missed an important point in my original  mail but here is one of the crux
>
> What if, just thing about it, what if Canonical asked you to pay. A La
> Novell and Closed Suse (as opposed to open suse) or Red Hat
>
> This (at another level) is also applicable to Gmail (and other google services)

When I first went to Ubuntu.com to download my first copy of the OS, the first
thing I read was "The Ubuntu Promise". Which of course promises to
keep ubuntu free. And I *trust* in it. Even if they manage to charge
on it against the uproar of a massive community which has kept itself
well versed with the Ubuntu Promise, at this moment, I have faith in
them and thats why Ubuntu is great.
I don't think they will ever put a price on it. The community is there
to ensure that. Even though Canonical is the main company as I said,
they are important as long as they keep the community running. If the
community collapses, Ubuntu is going to be history.
Plus if there is ever a situation that Canonical just lets ubuntu go,
there is an Ubuntu Foundation with enough funds to keep ubuntu running
until everything stabilizes.


> Yes people would migrate , maybe, but would you pay. I wouldn't , not
> because its about the money because actually i am willing to pay for
> services. which is what the open source model offers.
>
> ram

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