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Shuttleworth: Oracle now largest open source player

Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun not only makes it a hardware giant but also a huge open source player, Ubuntu's founder said. On Monday, Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical and Ubuntu Linux, said the deal makes Oracle one of the largest if not the largest open source...

Tags: Mark Shuttleworth, Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Open Source, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-04-20

Every project needs an entrepreneur

Leadership can define a project's mission, drive its results, and assure its future viability. As time goes by I think we'll see, more and more often, that the kind of leadership we're talking about is entrepreneurial leadership. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, Entrepreneur, Open Source Project, Transparency, John Lilly, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Open Source, Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-01-12

Ubuntu's Shuttleworth: "I don't think anyone can make money from the Linux desktop"

Mark Shuttleworth, the guy behind the most popular Linux distro Ubuntu, bursts a bubble during yesterday's press call: "I don't think anyone can make money from the Linux desktop." by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Ubuntu, Linux Desktop, Linux, Desktops, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Mark Shuttleworth

Blog posts 2008-10-28

Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?

Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, has thrown down the gauntlet to his merry band of open source followers: Make Ubuntu as pretty and ultimately better looking than Apple's Mac OS. eWeek's Darryl Taft quotes Shuttleworth Techmeme: "The great task in front of...

Tags: Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, Operating System, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-23

A quick note on Ubuntu for netbooks

Few details are available yet, but Mark Shuttleworth revealed in an interview with the Guardian that a version of Ubuntu customized for the netbook market would be released in early June. Unfortunately, details are scarce; here's the line from the interview: [The Guardian]: Will you be...

Tags: Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, Jason Matusow, Operating System, South Africa, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-05-22

Shuttleworth makes corporate case for Ubuntu 8.04 on its launch

Updated Ubuntu creator Mark Shuttleworth said version 8.04 features a sexier GUI for consumers but it’s the Long Term Support, Wubi Windows installer, server assets and expanding ecosystem that will make it a rising star in the corporate world. Ubuntu 8.04 Long Term Support...

Tags: Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, Red Hat Inc., Servers, Open Source, Hardware, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-04-24

How big can Ubuntu get?

How big can Ubuntu get?Really, wrong question. Mark Shuttleworth is not in this for the money, heis in it for the sheer fun of it, pride, and recognition. He loves excitement, and he is living his dream. If he can keep from losing his fortune on this, it will be...

Tags: Desktops, Ubuntu, open source

Discussion threads 2008-04-23

How big can Ubuntu get?

If you think desktop Linux has a future then Ubuntu is Da Bomb and Mark Shuttleworth is Da Man. Nearly half the Linux machines checked so far in the Open Source Census are running Ubuntu, and a new, even easier-to-use release comes out tomorrow. ...

Tags: Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, Linux, Desktops, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-23

Ubuntu's Shuttleworth blames ISO for OOXML's win

Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth said the approval of Microsoft's Office Open XML is a “sad” day for ISO and the computing public. “I think it de-values the confidence people have in the standards setting process,” Shuttleworth said in an interview just hours after the...

Tags: Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, Standard, Microsoft Office, ISO, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, OOXML, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Iso standards, Process Improvement, Emerging Technologies, Quality, Business Operations, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-04-01

Ubuntu's Shuttleworth: Linux server, client will be big in the cloud and mobile sectors

Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth sees Linux playing a big role in the cloud and in mobile computing â€" especially his own server and client software. In a brief interview with ZDNet after his OSBC panel, Shuttleworth said the Ubuntu Linux server will be...

Tags: Desktop, Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, Linux Server, Mobile, Server, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-03-25

Ubuntu's Shuttleworth: mobile Linux stalled by proprietary lock on industry, lack of neutral Linux platform

Linux has not made significant strides in the mobile space because the industry is still too tightly controlled by proprietary manufacturers and and too contested by Linux rivals, Canonical’s Mark Shuttleworth maintains. In an interview with Linux Foundation Executive Director Jim Zemlin posted last night, the creator...

Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Handset, Linux, Mark Shuttleworth, Marketing, Mobile, Mobile Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Paula Rooney, Software, Ubuntu, UNIX

Blog posts 2008-02-25

Ubuntu Chief: Microsoft Invests Big $ On OpenXML Standards Effort

Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth is on a personal mission to crush Microsoft’s Open XML standards effort. On his blog Tuesday, the Canonical executive and Ubuntu developer encouraged members of the global open source community to reach out to their respective International Standards Organization (ANSI in the U.S.) and push for...

Tags: Ubuntu, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Vote, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2007-08-14

Shuttleworth grasps open source political message

To the Moon, Microsoft!Canonical CEO and space tourist Mark Shuttleworth has grasped the anti-American political message of open source and is using it this week at LinuxWorld. (The picture was distributed by a South African embassy.)It's a massive departure from his own blog post in May, when he called corporate...

Tags: Ubuntu, Open Source, Microsoft Corp., Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-08-06

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IBM, Canonical partner to target Africa netbook market; Upend Microsoft

Their timing is quite goodRight at this moment, the Internet infrastructure in Central Africa is being upgraded with new underwater fiber optic cable links that will ultimately bring Africa's broadband capacity on par with the rest of the world by late 2010. Their timing couldn't be better.Why not red hat...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., Divide-and-conquer, netbook, Language Support, Debian, Canonical, Red Hat Inc., Linux, Ubuntu

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

Watch Out for That Meteor, Stallman.

Show me the innovation StallmanWhile Microsoft pushes forward software technology and produces modern software, open source continues to copy the trailing edge of the innovators. Want an Office97 copy? Want a media player that works on all platforms but just not as well as Windows Media Player, want...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Jason, F/OSS, Stallman, software

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Canonical walks the talk with Launchpad release

Canonical walks the talk with Launchpad releaseOK. Now we're getting somewhere.Canonical/Ubuntu is nuclear fissionable material.It has mass, inertia, momentum and it is more symbolic than any other Distro of what drives open source Linux.To be fair though, I don't believe Ubuntu could have been as successful as it is without...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Canonical/Ubuntu, Canonical

Discussion threads 2009-07-23

Ubuntu private clouds need more than tools; they need support, too

Canonical, the London company that founded the Ubuntu Project, today announced professional services to support companies who are building "private cloud" infrastructures behind their corporate firewalls. Earlier this year, the company released a technical preview of Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud UEC, an open-source system that allows companies to...

Tags: Ubuntu, Tool, Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud, Open Source, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-07-01

Will Ubuntu remain a minor player

It is time for open source advocates to take off the rose-colored glasses and ask if Ubuntu -- more appropriately its Canonical business arm headed by Mark Shuttleworth -- is ever going to be a factor below the server level. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Ubuntu, Open Source, Servers, Hardware, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-06-17

Ubuntu 9.04 to be available for download Thursday

  Canonical will make its much anticipated Ubuntu 9.04 upgrade available for download on Thursday. The platform --which includes a desktop, server and netbook edition -- offers faster bootups (as fast as 25 seconds, its developers say), cloud support, OpenOffice 3.0, support for Skype...

Tags: Ubuntu, Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition, Linux, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, OpenOffice, Open Source, E-mail Servers, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Office Suites, Enterprise Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-04-22

GNOME can rescue Ubuntu in netbook market

GNOME can rescue Ubuntu in netbook marketWhat problem?Would you care to be more specific? Exactly what problem does the Gnome UI give Ubuntu.And also what can be done to make software installation and update any easier? Most software is in the repo and you only have to select it and...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Ubuntu, GNOME, netbook, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-02-05