I just don't think they really figured out as a major priority the enterprise side of business delivery (training and more). Interestingly in business it's not London that is sometimes seen as their connection but maybe South African (it's the name with ubuntu or some background in founder).
Do you buy Red Hat Enterprise Linux? Or Ubuntu? Just based on the name I think RHEL as an advantage personally.
Basically, it’s a much smaller company than Red Hat so it’s uncertain if they can provide the same level of tech support for massive enterprise customers, something Red Hat’s been doing for 20+ years. It’s also privately owned and controlled by one guy so it’s hard predict the future of the company.
Red Hat is US owned (IBM). Canonical is headquartered in London, which is close, but not sufficient for projects where no foreign influence is allowed (e.g. nuclear work in Department of Energy)
