Increased demand for enterprise Linux desktop

[ginggs]

https://www.zdnet.com/article/mark-...d-demand-for-enterprise-ubuntu-linux-desktop/

Canonical's real money comes from the cloud and Internet of Things, but AI and machine learning developers are demanding -- and getting -- Ubuntu Linux desktop with enterprise support.

In a wide-ranging conversation at Open Infrastructure Summit, Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu Linux and its corporate parent Canonical, said: "We have seen companies signing up for Linux desktop support, because they want to have fleets of Ubuntu desktop for their artificial intelligence engineers."

This development caught Shuttleworth by surprise. "We're starting actually now to commercially support the desktop in a way that we've never been asked to before," he said.

 

[oldBastard]

Interesting, very interesting

 

[CT_Biker]

Interesting.

See quote below.

"In 2007, Canonical launched an International online shop selling support services and Ubuntu-branded goods; later in 2008 it expanded that with a United States-specific shop designed to reduce shipment times.[14] At the same time, the word Ubuntu was trademarked in connection with clothing and accessories"

From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonical_(company)