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How many customers did this take? Wow...

• unsnap_biceps 10mo ago
  It could just have been one with a very large check.
  • MiddleEndian 10mo ago
    It doesn't seem unreasonable to me if you have the resources. If I could've paid Apple to somehow just support OS X 10.6 forever I'd probably still be a Mac/Hackintosh user lol
  • paulddraper 10mo ago
    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 10mo ago
      The level of confidence is pretty incredible. Coming from someone who got hurt by CentOS.
      • naniwaduni 10mo ago
        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 10mo ago
          Canonical has been around for 20+ years. It's not 150 years, but it's still something.
      • the_why_of_y 10mo ago
        I don't understand your point, CentOS never had paying customers?
• ycombinete 10mo ago
  These kinds of demands are becoming more common in b2b software.