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minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.cacakelinkfedilinkarrow-up15·17 hours 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-210 hours agoSell? Why not just a monthly subscription to keep open software free?
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.cacakelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-24 hours 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.
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