[Dr. Sivana]

I didn't remember, but a DuckDuckGo search picked up this article:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-truth-about-goobuntu-googles-in-house-desktop-ubuntu-linux/

Yes, that's right. Google doesn't just use Ubuntu and contribute to its development, Google is a paying customer for Canonical's Ubuntu Advantage support program. Chris Kenyon, who is Canonical's VP of Sales and Business Development, and was present for Bushnell's talk confirmed this and added that “Google is not our largest business desktop customer.”

[usconservative]

Ok, I read that. Google contributes code back to Ubuntu / the Linux Community that they improve on/modify per the Open Source License agreement. That's pretty standard.

That code will eventually make its way into the mainstream Linux code base and be distributed across all distributions. So if you're singling out Ubuntu, you're missing the target.

As for paying for Canonical's Ubuntu Advantage Support program, plenty of large enterprises such as the multi-national bank I work for which has thousands of Ubuntu servers, do so also.

I don't see an issue here. All code submitted back per the open source licensing agreement is reviewed before being included in the code base. So I'm fine with it.