Launchpad to be free

[Bill McGonigle]

On 02/27/2009 08:35 PM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
> Somewhere or another there was an explanation in writing... Oh, there,
> found it:

Ah:

"There are two components, Soyuz and Codehosting, that we're keeping 
internal. They're part of Canonical's "secret sauce" in business areas 
that we care a lot about, and for now the costs to us of opening them up 
outweigh the benefits."

So they do think it's a crown jewel, and are not, as a company, willing 
to go all-in on open source.  Interesting.

If history is a guide and Soyuz and Codehosting are useful, they'll be 
re-developed in the open and the result will be superior to the original.

-Bill

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