Comments on: Ubuntu Server Edition Gains ERP, Business Applications

By: Joe Panettieri

Joe Panettieri — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 02:28:10 +0000

Pedro: You’ve opened our eyes (and ears) to our error. Going forward we will mention dates by month rather than by season. We strive to make sure our coverage is global. But you’ve point out an area where we’ve failed. We apologize and we’ll be sure to keep your feedback in mind.
-jp

Joe Panettieri
Editorial Director
WorksWithU

By: Pedro

Pedro — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:34:25 +0000

Ubuntu comes out of South Africa. Shuttleworth is based in England. Ubuntu is used all round the world. Workswithu probably has some readers outside of the US. So could you drop the American habit of referring to things happening in “spring” and “fall” .( I believe fall refers to Autumn, is that right?) And of course summer and winter. I know it’s hard for Americans to realise there is a world outside of the borders of the US but if you try hard you might succeed.

By: Joe Panettieri

Joe Panettieri — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:44:22 +0000

Nick: Thanks for the comment. No need to thank us for this site… we’re just getting started. More content — a lot more — coming in February.

Joe Panettieri
Editorial Director
WorksWithU

By: Nick Lasser

Nick Lasser — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:22:04 +0000

I think it is all great news. I am a fan of unix based operating systems and this is a great step. I ask that some of you not be so quick to attack ubuntu in these comments as you can start the whole boy who cried wolf thing. When others don’t have that issues don’t scare them away from something that is good to more than most it’s user base. Now hearing they are now a self sufficient company that is really amazing. And I want to thank the writers here for having a really awsome and useful site about ubuntu.

By: aikiwolfie

aikiwolfie — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:50:01 +0000

I think people wishing to see Ubuntu make it in the server market are going to have to be very patient. Server guys aren’t like desktop camacazie users. They don’t jump in feet first and worry about fixing it later.

By: Alan

Alan — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:24:23 +0000

@me : you mean the bug that was recently patched?
The issue was really with over agressive defaults on the manufacturers part – so this patch, although should of been released sooner, is fixing an issue that manufacturers created.

I believe that Debian have a motto somewhere like:
“if you break it, you get to keep both halves”

By: Me

Me — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:02:45 +0000

It would be nice if Ubuntu no longer ruined people’s hard drives with ITS HARD DRIVE DAMAGING ACPI BUG which has been allowed to exist for the past couple years.

That must be part of the freedom of Linux.

By: Joe Panettieri

Joe Panettieri — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:48:59 +0000

The New York Times article was quick to note that Canonical is roughly a $30 million (annual revenues) business now, which is great news. But I hesitate to believe a company is financially self-sufficient because that term can have many different meanings.

As the dot-com implosion taught us, real earnings per share and net income are a true measure of a company’s long-term viability.

By: Simplicius

Simplicius — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:00:45 +0000

There was an interview with Shuttleworth the other day in the NY Time and widely reported (Slashdot, etc.), in which Mark said that Canonical is now financially self-sufficient.

For those who wish Ubuntu and Canonical to do well, this is the most important matter, I think.

But thanks for the article. It’s good to know the server biz is taking off. I think things can only get better.