On Mon, 23 Jul 2007 01:55:04 +0000 (UTC), waterskidoo
<water.skidoo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>On 2007-07-23, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Shuttleworth: Ubuntu Is Enterprise-Friendly
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>>| So now that the desktop has been conquered, Shuttleworth says the next key
>>| target is the enterprise market.
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>> http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/07/shuttleworth-ub.html
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>> Next Ubuntu LTS Release In 2008
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>>| Mark Shuttleworth has just announced during his keynote at Ubuntu Live 2007
>>| that the next Ubuntu LTS (Long Term Support) release will be Ubuntu 8.04.
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>> http://www.phoronix.com/?page=news_item&px=NTkxNA
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>This is excellent news indeed because it lends credibility to Linux as
>an enterprise system that has *SUPPORT* which is extremely
>important in giving the suits the warm fuzzies.
>We all know MS support is mostly useless, but it *is* and option
>and that is what sells.
>Few go back and say, we wasted our money because it is the initial
>offering that counts. IOW nobody really checks to see if MS is doing
>a good job or not. Sad but true.
>Kudos to Ubuntu.
Agreed. I trust Shuttleworth..so do a lot of people. I just hope he
doesn't let everybody down.
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