Dear Mark: You've made Ubuntu the most popular Linux distribution on desktops. You've established a footprint on notebooks and netbooks. But a lot of people wonder why you're marching Canonical -- and Ubuntu -- in new directions like the server. Don't listen to your critics. Keep marching upward. Here's why. Software companies die when they start to rely on a single cash cow or one big hit product. Consider the evidence:
Dear Mark: You’ve made Ubuntu the most popular Linux distribution on desktops. You’ve established a footprint on notebooks and netbooks. But a lot of people wonder why you’re marching Canonical — and Ubuntu — in new directions like the server. Don’t listen to your critics. Keep marching upward. Here’s why.
Software companies die when they start to rely on a single cash cow or one big hit product. Consider the evidence:
Novell nearly died because it relied too long on NetWare.
Lotus nearly died because it relied too long on 1-2-3.
Software companies like Artisoft and Banyan Systems essentially died because they relied too long on a single cash cow.