2012/5/27 Diego Escalante Urrelo <die...@gnome.org>: > Hi Gil, > > Perhaps this link is relevant: > http://makeplaylive.com/ > > I would add this questions to your thread: > Do you think a similar venture for GNOME would make sense? > How do you think this, or a similar project, can happen without > leaving us bankrupt?
The success KDE has had with their tablet offer does indicate that there is a demand for such hardware and that it is financially viable once we can deliver a certain level of functionality. However I doubt that GNOME OS is currently really ready to be deployed to users on tablets, general users that is. So any big push like e.g. doing a Kickstarter campaign to fund it is likely going to build high expectations with a group of users that we cannot currently serve well enough, a situation I foresee would harm GNOME longterm. However it is important to get some test hardware into the hands of our developers, how to do that without bankrupting GNOME is likely going to be tricky. I would love to do it and I think it is important that we find a way to make it happen. First I would love for someone to examine how many units and what hardware specs, would be desirable, and what that would cost. If we have an idea of the budget for getting a tablet into the hands of our developers it would be easier to figure out a way to make it happen. - David > Thanks! :-) > > Diego > > On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 4:21 AM, Gil Forcada <gforc...@gnome.org> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> First of all thanks for running for this critical role on GNOME! >> >> My question is about hardware and contacts: >> >> The average user is not going to ever install its own operating system >> by itself, for them hardware and software come together and they die >> together, so a new version of Windows means a new laptop and so on, a >> new iPhone OS means a new iPhone hardware... >> >> So the crucial part here are ISV, contacting them, engaging with them >> and finally making them ship our great software to the end user. >> >> Is that something that you both find important and also will try to >> pursue if you are elected? >> >> Cheers, >> -- >> Gil Forcada >> >> [ca] guifi.net - una xarxa lliure que no para de créixer >> [en] guifi.net - a non-stopping free network >> bloc: http://gil.badall.net >> planet: http://planet.guifi.net >> >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-list mailing list >> foundation-list@gnome.org >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list > _______________________________________________ > foundation-list mailing list > foundation-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
