Ubuntu turns to crowdfunding

[Snowhog]

I'm one who enjoys esthetics, especially in technology: beauty PLUS function. The design of the Ubuntu Edge, for me, is quite attractive.

[GreyGeek]

What this tells me is that Ubuntu is having a very hard time getting hardware makers on board. Although I would like them to be successful, I seriously doubt that Ubuntu will raise a million dollars a day.

What it tells me is that Shuttlesworth doesn't want to risk his own money if he can avoid it.

What this tells me is that Ubuntu is having a very hard time getting hardware makers on board. Although I would like them to be successful, I seriously doubt that Ubuntu will raise a million dollars a day.

I'm not sure what I make of this.

$2.5m have been raised in just eight hours but I'm sure the donations, contributions or whatever will soon start to slow down. I had thought about getting involved myself but at a price of $600 or $830 after the first 24 hours, I think I'd rather buy a new PC or laptop. No matter how good a mobile phone is it is never going to replace whatever I have at home. Yes, I know there's a docking mode but there is a limit to what I can deal with these days.

My current Android phone does what I need it to do at a fraction of the cost. I can log in to my PC remotely and perform basic maintenance. I can do the same with my VPS in Amsterdam. I can play my favourite music for hours on end and edit spreadsheets etc. Presumably anything Canonical have on offer will do the same but better.

Anyway I'm getting old. May be I would think differently if I was a third of my age with lots of friends all trying to be the one with the best technology in his or her pocket.

I wish Canonical every success but does it run Kubuntu?

[whatthefunk]

From the BBC:

The developer of the Ubuntu operating system has turned to a crowdfunding site in an attempt to launch a handset pre-installed with its software.

London-based Canonical is seeking to raise $32m (£20.8m) over the next 30 days to produce 40,000 devices.

To succeed it needs to raise several times more cash than any other crowd-financed project has done before.

However, one market watcher said even if succeeds, the mobile OS would probably still struggle to gain ground.

Canonical has said that if it manages to hit its goal using Indiegogo's website it plans to deliver the phones to qualifying backers by May 2014.

Full article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23402994

Indigogo site: http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge

What this tells me is that Ubuntu is having a very hard time getting hardware makers on board. Although I would like them to be successful, I seriously doubt that Ubuntu will raise a million dollars a day.