I guess it doesn't really matter. It's win-win either ways. If it gets funded, they get to make a showcase device. If it doesn't, they still get better public

I guess it doesn't really matter. It's win-win either ways. If it gets funded, they get to make a showcase device. If it doesn't, they still get better publicity than they could have bought, and Canonical gets to be the company that tries new and interesting things.