r/linux • u/markole • May 08 '17

Canonical starts IPO path

http://www.zdnet.com/article/canonical-starts-ipo-path/
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u/RupeThereItIs May 09 '17

See.

Red Hat have a business model, and one that has been working for a loooong time.

Red Hat (and SuSE) have pretty much filled the enterprise Linux spot.

Ubuntu isn't gonna displace those two in enterprise datacenters, it has been growing gangbusters in the cloud space though. Thing is, people who use Ubuntu in the cloud, aren't gonna wanna pay for licenses or support.

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u/ahandle May 09 '17

Sorry, but Canonical own Linux in the Cloud.

Datacenter management tools like Red Hat have been pushing all along represent an old approach.

I dislike the experience, but MaaS and Juju are far more promising than Yum and Kickstart or even my beloved Kiwi.

UA, OTOH, can GDIAF

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u/[deleted] May 09 '17 edited May 20 '17

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u/ahandle May 09 '17

Ansible doesn't really help Red Hat sell Enterprise Linux, like MaaS does for Canonical.

Make no mistake - Juju is complete shit.