Amazon.com: The Key to Ubuntu Server Edition’s Success?

As you may have heard, Ubuntu is leaping from desktop computers all the way to Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). Although Ubuntu Server Edition 8.10 on Amazon EC2 remains in beta, the Amazon relationship could energize Canonical’s server strategy, WorksWithU believes. Here’s why.

First, the undeniable truth: Canonical’s Ubuntu Server Edition strategy is going to take years — rather than months — to gain momentum. Other than Sun Microsystems and niche players like System76 and ZaReason, traditional server makers have been slow to endorse or ship Ubuntu on their server systems.

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