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Free software, and especially desktop Linux, is a difficult place to run a successful business since your main product is, of course, free.Canonical, though, looks like it might succeed.
The main difference between all of the other Linux distributions, many of whom also have commercial sponsors, and Canonical is that Canonical recently launches new and truly valuable add-on or subscription-based services for Ubuntu. From Ubuntu One, which hopes to change the way applications and files sync, to Landscape, Canonical’s proprietary management system for dealing with tons of computers on one network.
Not each of these products will be a success, but only a couple must be invaluable befoe the business becomes sustainigle. As long as a few of these products turn out to be major successes, they will pay for the others and create a sustainiable business.
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I am in full favour with this services. I hope they can push them to make it useful and unique and of course a source of funding to make Ubuntu and Linux better.