Sesikhulumile ngakho ushintsho olwenziwa yi-Canonical ezikhathini zamuva. Sesibonile ukuthi washiya kanjani Ubuntu Touch ukuze aqede amaphupho akhe okuhlangana, ngaphezu kokudala ubumbano njengoba sibonile ukuhlanganisa amaphrojekthi we-Ubuntu ne-Ubuntu GNOME nokuxosha i-Unity Shell. Ukusatshalaliswa kobuntu kuqinisekisiwe, futhi nakho noma ukunambitheka kwakho kuzonyamalala maduzane, kepha kuyiqiniso ukuthi ngeke kusafana ngenxa yephupho abanalo manje lokunqoba umkhakha we-IoT ochumayo futhi obalulekile weCanonical, ngaphezu kwalokho ekuqiniseni intshisekelo efwini nakweminye imikhakha efana nemoto.
Futhi konke lokhu kungenxa yokuthi umsunguli weCanonical uMark Shuttleworth ubamba iqhaza kulo mkhakha futhi uhola inkampani yakhe maqondana ne-IPO ukulungiselela umzila osuvele uwusungulile. I-IPO, kulabo bethu abangalazi leli gama, yisichasiselo se-Initial Public Offer, okungukuthi, umnikelo womphakathi lapho kwethulwa khona amasheya enkampani ezimele iCanonical okokuqala emphakathini futhi lowo mzuzu esondela.
I-IPO ivame ukwenziwa yizinkampani ezisencane ku ufuna imali yokutshala imali futhi wandise izinhlelo zakho zebhizinisiNgamanye amagama, okufunwa yiCanonical ukuzinika amandla futhi kube yinkampani enkulu ngokwengeziwe enamandla amaningi amaphrojekthi ayo. Ngiyethemba ukuthi lokhu futhi kuletha ukuthuthukiswa kokusatshalaliswa koBuntu, engicabanga ukuthi yilokho okuthinta kakhulu abasebenzisi basekhaya. Ngakho-ke kungekudala, wonke umuntu othenga amasheya uzokwazi ukuba ngabanikazi bengxenye encane yenkampani futhi ngiyethemba ukuthi ngokubambisana bazoyibeka endaweni efana ne-SUSE noma i-Red Hat.
Kepha ini akuphazamisi ukuzibophezela kwakho ku-Ubuntu, okuwumkhiqizo wenkanyezi obabeke lapho bekhona, yize bebe namanye amaphrojekthi athokozisayo kweminye imikhakha. Kepha ngicabanga ukuthi uma ucabanga ngohlobo lweCanonical into yokuqala efika engqondweni yi-Ubuntu, ngiyethemba ukuthi le IPO iletha ukuthuthuka kuwo wonke umphakathi futhi ayibi yinkampani, njengoba kwenzekile ngokudabukisayo nabanye, ebuswa futhi iholwa yintshisekelo yabatshalizimali bayo.
Yini i-IPO futhi yini i-IoT?