[paulddraper]

There’s at least one customer somewhere willing to pay $1 million for that.

Plus adding a general feeling of confidence to the product as a whole. And safety knowing that you can upgrade for an extra 5 years of support if you need it.

[odie5533]

The level of confidence is pretty incredible. Coming from someone who got hurt by CentOS.

[naniwaduni]

One of the dirty secrets is that you don't need to back up confidence to sell it if you don't plan to be around when it falls apart.

[oblio]

Canonical has been around for 20+ years. It's not 150 years, but it's still something.

[the_why_of_y]

I don't understand your point, CentOS never had paying customers?