How many people actually use Ubuntu? How many people use another distro? If for each distro there is a call for money... A Linux device is nice but ICT-people have already other devices to monitor in the 'BYOD-era' too. I wish not to limit the number of OS perhaps a generic device with a distro to a personal like is more appealing.
Op Thu Aug 08 2013 11:20:38 GMT+0200 (CEST), schreef Nic De Muyer <n...@phostorix.net>: > On the contrary: I think the idea behind this approach (starting with > crowdfunding) is to figure out how much interest/demand there is for it. > Especially since the product they want to throw on the market is essentially > already there, just not in this form. (a concept I really like btw) > > If it turns out a lot of people are willing to invest in the technology, it > is an indicator to corporate investors if it will be worth their money and > effort to support it. > (also, if the goal isn' t reached, I'm pretty sure Canonical will surplus the > necessary funds anyway) > > Anyway, as Jan already pointed out, apparently there is already enough > crowdfunding for Bloomberg to see its potential, and with their boost (both > money and their reputation), I'm guessing (or hoping) it will convince the > big spenders (errr, investors). > > Let's wait and see. > > Kr, > Nic > > On 08-08-13 10:52, Jurgen Gaeremyn wrote: > > > > I would really like to see this happen... but to be honest... I think this > > is basically a big marketing stunt. Setting 32 million USD as starting > > requirement and having such a steep deadline is almost guaranteed to not > > happen. This is a too big target to reach with crowdfunding. > > > > If you want to gather this kind of money, crowdsourcing is not the way to > > go/start. You need to find corporate investors first (at least for 50% of > > the goal), and then go advertise it. So yeah, they collected over 8,000,000 > > - that's a record. But it's nothing if it's not gonna happen (unless they > > have some hidden million dollar sponsors out there waiting for the last > > minute, just to hype it). > > > > Grtz, > > Jurgen. > > > > On 08-08-13 08:19, Jan Bongaerts wrote: > > > > > > > Exciting to see they're getting their first corporate backing from > > > Bloomberg. > > > > > > I'm hoping it gives the campaign the necessary boost to get more support. > > > > > > > > > If you're still sitting on the fence and not usre if this project > > > deserves your backing, have a look at the site again. There are new perks > > > since their launch, and it might just be something for you. > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Jan. > > > > > > > > > > >
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