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Canonical may go public

Story: Mark Shuttleworth considering Canonical IPOTotal Replies: 5
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Steven_Rosenber

May 22, 2015
1:04 PM EDT 		Didn't see that coming.
seatex

May 22, 2015
1:47 PM EDT 		Is Mark ready to trade his benevolent dictator status for cash already?
flufferbeer

May 22, 2015
6:41 PM EDT 		@Steven_R,

Tentative rebuttals aside, many of us probably KNEW this was inevitable for the cash-hungry "new M$" dictator and his minions..... ::yawn::

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gru

May 28, 2015
1:06 PM EDT 		If you thought Canonical was bad before as an Ltd., just wait until they are a publicly traded company that is FORCED to become profitable no matter what it takes.

Here's a look at what Canonical and Ubuntu will probably resemble not long after the IPO: http://www.redhat.com/en
seatex

May 28, 2015
1:48 PM EDT 		Debian will always be there for us. Mark can do whatever he wants with his company. I stopped caring some time ago, once I realized that his opinion is the only one that matters in the supposed "Ubuntu Community".
thenixedreport

May 28, 2015
9:27 PM EDT 		Considering the controversy regarding Riddell and being told to "step aside" from any leadership role with Kubuntu, would it really be a good idea to have an IPO at this point? If Shuttleworth wants his vision to be unveiled, he'll want to remain in control. With shareholders, that becomes more difficult.

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