日前，Canonical公司正式成为了Linux基金会的成员，他们一直以来是Ubuntu
Linux发行版的商业运作公司。来自Linux基金会的CEO Jim
Zemlin先生在一份声明中指出，我们欢迎Canonical这样的重量级、有影响力的Linux厂商加入Linux基金会，他们对Linux的市场和
社区都有很深的了解，而且他们做出了很多重要的贡献。
如果告诉你，带领Ubuntu前进的Canonical公司在之前的多年一直不是Linux(Linux
Foudation)基金会的成员，你一定会感到惊讶吧？Ubuntu加入Linux基金会的努力一直进行了18个月，这不得不说是一项艰巨的过程。虽然
Ubuntu从他诞生开始就成为了Linux社区的重要成员，但是不是Linux基金会的成员一直是个不小的遗憾.
许多用户都置疑Ubuntu偏重桌面和用户使用经验的研究而忽视了Linux内核和基础的开发，Ubuntu加入Linux基金会正是一个让
Ubuntu/Canonical弥补这一缺陷的良好时机。Linux基金会现有成员包括谷歌(Google)、Adobe及IBM等。
Canonical, the commercial sponsor of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, has joined the Linux Foundation, the foundation said Monday.
Canonical is an important new member, the organization said. "They have
rallied the cause of cross-industry, cross-community collaboration for
years," said Jim Zemlin, foundation executive director, in a statement
released by the foundation.
Canonical also supports open source projects such as Bazaar, for
revision control; the Storm object-relational mapper, and the
Upstart start-up manager.
“The Linux Foundation occupies a critical, non-commercial function in
the use and popularization of Linux around the world. We’ve always seen
the Linux Foundation's value and are pleased to now become an official
member and support its activities. We look forward to working with them
to continue the march of Linux in all areas of computing,” said Matt
Zimmerman, Ubuntu program manager and CTO at Canonical, also in a
statement supplied by the foundation.
The Linux Foundation serves as a nonprofit consortium fostering the
growth of Linux. It sponsors the work of Linux creator Linus Torvalds.