# Serious Businesses Don't Use Ubuntu Because the Release Names are Silly

[Ubuntu has an identity crisis][1], because the development names of
its releases are silly. Sheesh. As one commenter points out, take a
look at some other [silly names][2]. Also, to be on the safe side,
you better not use any [Intel hardware][3]. Stay way from
[Apple][4], their codenames are just too silly for serious IT
executives. Hopefully this is just satire and not a drunken rant by
some columnist about to miss a deadline (or worse, a sober one).

## Comments

**[Anonymous](#3 "2007-10-24 21:02:00"):** No...serious businesses
don't use Ubuntu because it's not commercial enough. Apart from
traditional Unix, Red Hat and Novell are the only serious
considerations, sorry to the Ubuntu fanboys.

**[Thinknix](#4 "2007-10-24 21:33:00"):** True sometimes. It depends on
who makes purchasing decisions and who they listen to. Big business
IT managers with a few levels of insulation between them and
technical staff will usually go with Novell/Red Hat/Sun.
Non-commercial Linuxes like Debian, Ubuntu or CentOS tend to make
inroads from below, or when managers listen to sysadmins.

[1]: http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/10/22/ubuntu-identity-crisis
[2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_codenames
[3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_codenames
[4]: http://applemuseum.bott.org/sections/codenames.html
.