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Ubuntu to launch cloud appliance store

As part of its Karmic Koala launch this month, Ubuntu will also launch its own store for cloud applications.

By Jennifer Scott, 16 Oct 2009 at 11:51

Ubuntu has revealed plans to launch its own cloud appliance store as part of its server launch at the end of this month.

The Karmic Koala server release, due on 29 October, will be focused on Ubuntu’s Enterprise Cloud (UEC), increasing cloud capabilities for its users.

The company also plans to introduce a cloud appliance store, enabling customers to purchase and download applications for their server instantly and from one location.

Gery Carr from Canonical, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, told IT PRO: This is fresh off the production line and will start with running one appliance... to show you how it works and let you enjoy it."

"Our long term goal is to add other open source and proprietary appliances on there throughout 2010."

It has not been confirmed what the first appliance will be on the simply named UED store, but it will definitely be open source-based.

Any applications a user downloads will also have to adhere to security and maintenance rules set by Ubuntu.

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Just as predicted

I've been predicting for some time that Mark Shuttleworth aims to use the free software community to make his next fortune; I wrote as much in the PC Pro comments column on the 2 October. Two weeks ago Mark Shuttleworth told a group of developers that "open source was the future". I asked him why, then, was the forthcoming Ubuntu 1 going to be secret and proprietary. To paraphrase, his answer was that he would have made it open source if he could. Now we see that he plans to sell proprietary software from his new "app store", thus mimicking Apple. It seems that I was right all along.

By 6tricky9 on Tuesday Oct 20

Opensolaris Apps Store

Yes this was discussed at Opensolaris sometime ago as the way to go in opensource.For Shuttleworth taking this idea and actually doing something about it is common sense.

By trickii on Wednesday Oct 21

Misunderstanding

Clearly, the issue isn't the apps store it's selling proprietary software.

By 6tricky9 on Thursday Oct 22

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