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Company type | Private company limited by shares[1] |
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Industry | Computer software |
Founded | 5 March 2004 |
Founder | Mark Shuttleworth |
Headquarters | London, England, UK |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Services | Landscape, Ubuntu Advantage |
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Number of employees | >1000 (2023)[2]: 3 |
Subsidiaries | Canonical Group Ltd Canonical USA Inc. Canonical China Ltd (Chinese: 科能(上海)软件科技有限公司) Canonical Brasil Ltda Canonical Canada Ltd Canonical Ltd Taiwan Br. (Chinese: 英屬曼島商肯諾有限公司臺灣分公司) |
Website | www |
Footnotes / references Formerly "M R S Virtual Development Ltd"[3] |
Canonical Ltd.[4] is a privately held computer software company based in London, England. It was founded and funded by South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth to market commercial support and related services for Ubuntu and related projects. Canonical employs staff in more than 70 countries and maintains offices in London, Austin, Boston, Shanghai, Beijing, Taipei, Tokyo and the Isle of Man.[5][6]
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We've come a long way since our launch in 2004. We now have over 800 staff in more than 42 countries, and offices in London, Austin, Boston, Taipei, Montreal, Shanghai, São Paulo and the Isle of Man.