A Linux start-up on the path to profits is a News.com story based on an interview with Canonical/Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth. It's sort of comforting on one level to know that there's a serious business plan behind the Linux variant that I'm using to write this, but on another level, I'm not sure it matters -it's not like the software is going to explode or my non-existent license will expire if Canonical goes under.