Planchette @lemmy.zip to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 month agoHow will this affect other distros?lemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1145arrow-down11
arrow-up1144arrow-down1external-linkHow will this affect other distros?lemmy.mlPlanchette @lemmy.zip to Linux@lemmy.ml · 1 month agomessage-square47fedilink
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up21·1 month agoWhen Canonical partnered with Microsoft to work on WSL, I figured Caninical was gaining something too: like tips how to license and sell Ubuntu instead of being free.
minus-squareracoon@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 month agoSell? Why not just a monthly subscription to keep open software free?
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 month agoSorry, yes we do sales, so sell also means a SaaS subscription. That was my implied meaning of seeking to sell Ubuntu to Users. So now you have a free update, but a note if you want certain security patches you have to pay for Pro
minus-squareRandomVideos@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agowhy would anyone ever pay for ubuntu?
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoThey want the security patches that you don’t get with free version I guess. And maybe support.
When Canonical partnered with Microsoft to work on WSL, I figured Caninical was gaining something too: like tips how to license and sell Ubuntu instead of being free.
Sell? Why not just a monthly subscription to keep open software free?
Sorry, yes we do sales, so sell also means a SaaS subscription. That was my implied meaning of seeking to sell Ubuntu to Users.
So now you have a free update, but a note if you want certain security patches you have to pay for Pro
why would anyone ever pay for ubuntu?
They want the security patches that you don’t get with free version I guess. And maybe support.