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minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up18·2 days 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-squareRandomVideos@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·16 hours agowhy would anyone ever pay for ubuntu?
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 hours agoThey want the security patches that you don’t get with free version I guess. And maybe support.
minus-squareracoon@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 days agoSell? Why not just a monthly subscription to keep open software free?
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 day 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
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.
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.
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