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1. Canonical may go public in 2023, claims US$175m profit last year: (Open Source); The head of Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, claims it recorded a profit of US$175 million (A$237.7 million) in 2021 and is likely to undertake an IPO in 2023. Mark Shuttleworth ...; Created on 22 April 2022
2. Call for social media giants to crack down on 'celebrity endorsement' scam: (Security); ... Show) Jessica Rowe (Studio 10) Kyle Sandilands Lisa Wilkinson (Today Show) Mark Shuttleworth (BBC/CNN) Meghan Markle Mikhail Varshavski (Dr Mike – US Celebrity) Nicole Kidman Oprah Sally ...; Created on 24 September 2018
3. Python author steps back from leadership of project: (Open Source); ... own." The acronym BDFL stands for benevolent dictator for life, a role that the leaders of many open-source projects adopt. The head of the Ubuntu Linux project, Mark Shuttleworth, often refers to himself ...; Created on 13 July 2018
4. Ubuntu Phone project failed because it was a mess: claim: (Open Source); A developer who worked with the Ubuntu Phone project has outlined the reasons for its failure, painting a picture of confusion, poor communication and lack of technical and marketing foresight. Simon ...; Created on 22 June 2017
5. Ubuntu phone: perhaps it was too good to last: (Open Sauce); ... Android and the walled garden approach of Apple bow out. Overnight on Wednesday, Mark Shuttleworth, the owner of Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, faced up to financial reality and said development ...; Created on 07 April 2017
6. Canonical declares Ubuntu phone is dead: (Mobility); Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth has announced that the company will be stopping the development of its phones and tablets, and reverting back to the GNOME desktop for its Linux distribution. The ...; Created on 06 April 2017
7. Canonical to sue cloud provider over Ubuntu images: (Cloud); ... requirements, with input from the host's cloud engineers. In a blog post, Ubuntu owner Mark Shuttleworth said his company was in dispute with an European cloud provider that had breached its contract ...; Created on 05 December 2016
8. No WhatsApp, but fixes set to come for Ubuntu Phone: (Mobility); ... of (Canonical owner) Mark (Shuttleworth). Any comments? We believe that in order to do what the scopes need to do, the permissions requested are those needed. We believe we have kept it to the minimum ...; Created on 29 June 2016
9. How high will Shuttleworth's snap initiative fly: (Open Sauce); Over the last 12 years since he started the Ubuntu GNU/Linux distribution, Mark Shuttleworth, the man behind Canonical, has made many efforts to bring about what he has characterised as unity in the Linux ...; Created on 16 June 2016
10. 'Ubuntu is everywhere' but Canonical is still in the re: (Open Sauce); ... one is always curious to know how long things can go on without turning a profit. Being a private company, the owner Mark Shuttleworth is under no obligation to reveal earnings or losses. Shuttleworth ...; Created on 11 April 2016
11. Microsoft to release SQL Server for Linux: (Enterprise Solutions); ... for the deployment of Red Hat solutions on Microsoft's cloud offering, Azure. Canonical owner Mark Shuttleworth was also quoted in Guthrie's post. "We are delighted to be working with Microsoft as it brings ...; Created on 08 March 2016
12. Is Canonical about to violate the GNU GPLv2?: (Open Sauce); ... company is being accused of violating the GNU General Public Licence version 2, the licence under which the Linux kernel is released. This is not the first time that Canonical and its founder Mark Shuttleworth ...; Created on 07 March 2016
13. Linux Foundation chief spins to justify keeping community out: (Open Sauce); ... could not have made it more plain when pointing out the changes in the by-laws; they were marked in bold. Zemlin ignored everything and instead created a few straw men and then addressed them. His statement ...; Created on 23 January 2016
14. AT&T chooses Ubuntu for cloud and network apps: (Open Source); ... release on Monday that it was moving to Ubuntu "as part of its effort to drive innovation in the network and cloud". Canonical, owned by South African millionaire Mark Shuttleworth, released the Ubuntu ...; Created on 19 January 2016
15. SUSE and Canonical have forgotten their roots: (Open Sauce); ... Its founder, Mark Shuttleworth, had a considerable personal fortune which he used to found and run the company. But even if he is not turning a dime, it would not be beyond Canonical's means to help out ...; Created on 18 December 2015
16. Keeping the peace: KDE board chair's recip: (Open Source); ... allegedly to do with sexism and inequality. The Free Software Foundation chairman Richard Stallman and the head of Canonical, Mark Shuttleworth, are of the better-known people who have been involved ...; Created on 18 November 2015
17. What will Ubuntu do for release names after it reaches Z?: (Open Sauce); Canonical chief Mark Shuttleworth has just announced that the next release of the Ubuntu GNU/Linux distribution will be named Xenial Xerus. And so the question arises – what will he do for release ...; Created on 23 October 2015
18. Apple is new leader of mobile desktop computing: (Open Sauce); ... launch, the company has thrown its candidate for this market into the ring and issued a challenge to the likes of Microsoft and any others who dare to compete. Apple has no rival in sight when it comes ...; Created on 10 September 2015
19. Kubuntu row heats up as gas is added to the fire: (Open Sauce); ... under licences that have been drafted by the FSF. Canonical's IP policy, published in May 2013, basically states that nobody can re-use its trademarks and also stipulates that software within the Ubuntu ...; Created on 29 May 2015
20. Ubuntu phone: theorising without data is a big mistake: (Open Sauce); ... purchase I have made in my life. Read about it here, here and here. Mark Shuttleworth, the owner of Canonical, has always been inclined to indulge in some spin about his products. But there is a lot ...; Created on 08 February 2015
21. Systemd backlash: Poettering blames Linus Torvalds: (Open Sauce); ... (pictured above wearing a T-shirt to rile Ubuntu chief Mark Shuttleworth who likened his critics to the US Republican offshoot, the Tea Party) does not touch in any way on aspects of his own behaviour ...; Created on 08 October 2014
22. Shuttleworth says Ubuntu will switch to systemd: (Open Source); ... Canonical head Mark Shuttleworth said in a blog post on Friday that since Ubuntu was "centrally" a member of the Debian family, it supported the Debian decision, which came about through a casting vote ...; Created on 15 February 2014
23. Init wars: Shuttleworth's copyright licensing hangs over debat: (Open Sauce); ... GPLv3 licence. And, one must add, Canonical owner Mark Shuttleworth (pictured) is not the most popular person within the ranks of free and software developers. One of the two people who started the systemd ...; Created on 22 January 2014
24. Could the Google Chromebook be used by business?: (The Linux Distillery); Seeking the perfect powerful ultraportable device for enterprises I decided it was time to give Google's Samsung Chromebook 303C a spin. How does it fare? I am always very interested in ultraportable ...; Created on 07 January 2014
25. Shuttleworth: Ubuntu Linux on track for full convergence before Microsoft: (The Linux Distillery); Microsoft is widely expected to converge its operating systems across desktops, mobile phones and tablets. However, according to Mark Shuttleworth, Ubuntu Linux is on track to achieve full convergence ...; Created on 31 December 2013
26. Shuttleworth comes down on the 'Open Source Tea Party: (Open Sauce); Like many other prominent people in the free and open source software communities, Mark Shuttleworth, the man behind Canonical and Ubuntu/GNU Linux, has more than his fair share of detractors. But it' ...; Created on 30 October 2013
27. Apple moves to lead the next phase of computing: (Open Sauce); ... gates and leading the race. Not that this mobile desktop stuff is some new concept. Mark Shuttleworth, the head of Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu GNU/Linux operating system, tried to rally ...; Created on 24 October 2013
28. Ubuntu Edge crowdfunding drive falls $20 million short: (Mobility); ... US$32 million to fund the smartphone, despite founder Mark Shuttleworth being a multimillionaire himself, and while it raised almost US$13 million from 27,488 funders, surpassing the previous crowdfunding ...; Created on 23 August 2013
29. Ubuntu Edge: more vapourware from Canonical: (Open Sauce); ... of memory and 128Gb of storage. Bacon's complete spiel and a video narrated by a well-toned Canonical owner Mark Shuttleworth are here. Back in January, Canonical announced another concept - for an ...; Created on 23 July 2013
30. Kubuntu v Ubuntu: looks like the house is dividing: (Open Sauce); ... another display server. Kubuntu has far less manpower at its command than Ubuntu itself which is funded by Canonical. You'd have to wonder - will Mark Shuttleworth, the head of Canonical, consider revoking ...; Created on 29 June 2013
31. Next Ubuntu release to have Mir as default: (Open Source); ... is produced by Canonical, a company founded and led by Mark Shuttleworth, an entrepreneur and former Debian developer. Mir was announced back in March by Ries, because, according to him, "none of the ...; Created on 29 June 2013
32. Open Ubuntu is the way out for Shuttleworth: (Open Sauce); Over the past few weeks, the man who runs Canonical, Mark Shuttleworth, has had to announce numerous changes in the way the Ubuntu GNU/Linux distribution is run. There has been a decision to change ...; Created on 22 March 2013
33. For Shuttleworth, Mir is just another means of control: (Open Sauce); ... Mark Shuttleworth, is by now used to the reaction whenever Ubuntu moves in a direction different to the prevailing conventional wisdom. The latest move is from the Wayland display server to Mir, a display ...; Created on 07 March 2013
34. Ubuntu mobile: too little, far too late: (Open Sauce); ... on side by side, because the whole thrust of that interface was towards a mobile and tablet future. That never happened. There are some things which appear to have escaped Canonical chief Mark Shuttleworth. ...; Created on 07 January 2013
35. Is that all, Mark Shuttleworth? An Ubuntu Phone concept with no device? Next!: (The Linux Distillery); For two days — egad, all this year — Canonical Inc teased the world with a message on the Ubuntu website announcing something was so close you could almost touch it. Like many, I saw this as pointing ...; Created on 03 January 2013
36. FSF, Canonical in war of words over Amazon ads: (Open Source); The founder of the Free Software Foundation, Richard M. Stallman, has slammed Ubuntu over its provision of Amazon search results for a regular search, prompting Canonical's community manager, Jono Bacon, ...; Created on 09 December 2012
37. Mark Shuttleworth's big mistak: (Open Sauce); Last week marked eight years since Ubuntu made its appearance on the GNU/Linux scene. Since October 2004, there has been a release of this distribution every six months, the initial buzz being very loud ...; Created on 26 October 2012
38. Ubuntu for Android is all about the cash registers: (Open Sauce); ... more and more. It's been seven years and a bit since the first version of Ubuntu was released and Mark Shuttleworth does not have bottomless pockets. Hence Ubuntu for Android, one more way to make a bit ...; Created on 23 February 2012
39. Kubuntu funding cut just one step in Canonical's grand pla: (Open Sauce); Canonical's withdrawal of funding to the Kubuntu project apparently is not very important to the company's owner, Mark Shuttleworth. That's one possibility. The other is that Shuttleworth knows that ...; Created on 11 February 2012
40. Could Ubuntu Linux 12.04 turn Canonical into the new Apple?: (The Linux Distillery); Xerox PARC, Apple, Microsoft: these companies and more have contributed to the ubiquitous but evolving WIMP (windows, icons, menus, pointers) user interface. According to Mark Shuttleworth Ubuntu is ...; Created on 26 January 2012
41. Perens: the FOSS fire still burns: (Open Sauce); ... do," he says. Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth offered him a job before the company that creates the distribution, Canonical, was set up, but "his style wasn't what I wanted to do." In fact, he adds, free ...; Created on 14 January 2012
42. A tale of two distros: openSUSE and Linux Mint: (Open Sauce); ... founder Mark Shuttleworth decided that he needed something different as an interface and could not convince the GNOME developers to go along with his ideas, a split of sorts eventuated. Unity was unveiled. ...; Created on 08 December 2011
43. Ubuntu: time to get rid of the sense of entitlement: (Open Sauce); One of the big problems that any company faces when it decides to get into the GNU/Linux business is how to deal with users, a group who have an extraordinary sense of entitlement. Mark Shuttleworth, ...; Created on 09 November 2011
44. Ubuntu: the dreamy wildcat flexes its claws: (Open Sauce); ... of Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth who has constantly expressed his admiration for the Mac, its slick and smart appearance, and the fact that most things work on the platform. I expect that in future ...; Created on 28 October 2011
45. Perens tries to bridge gap on copyright: (Open Sauce); Copyright assignment is a topic that has received a fair bit of publicity ever since the head of Canonical, Mark Shuttleworth, started pushing the idea of developers surrendering their rights to his company ...; Created on 15 September 2011
46. Every cellphone a Serval phone in five year, developer claims: (Mobility); ... version has just been made available via the Android Market. This mesh enables a VoIP call, not a normal cellular call, originating on any of the phones to be carried across the mesh until it reaches ...; Created on 02 September 2011
47. Shuttleworth bid to sell copyright policy: (Open Sauce); Ubuntu chief Mark Shuttleworth plans to make an all-out effort to sell his company's copyright assignment policy - which applies to code contributions to the project. Shuttleworth admits his side of ...; Created on 11 May 2011
48. Canonical CTO Zimmerman to quit: (Open Sauce); Canonical chief technical officer Matt Zimmerman is leaving the company after seven years in the job. His departure comes a little less than two years after he publicly accused his boss, Mark Shuttleworth, ...; Created on 09 May 2011
49. Ubuntu 11.04: is this the end of the road?: (Open Sauce); Mark Shuttleworth has probably never heard of the concept of stability zones. That wouldn't surprise me, considering that the concept was advanced two years before his birth. Had he known about it, ...; Created on 07 April 2011
50. Canonical must change copyright policy: (Open Sauce); ... he has been accused of trying to sidetrack arguments and he has been critical of Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth who was once his employer. While Neary's addition to the argument is sober by comparison ...; Created on 12 March 2011

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