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I question whether this was anything more than a way to test the waters and see if people would actually put up some money. Maybe they can use this as a benchm
by JonFish85 13y ago
I question whether this was anything more than a way to test the waters and see if people would actually put up some money. Maybe they can use this as a benchmark to at least get some leverage with suppliers, and then set a more realistic goal for fundraising.
- shubhamjain 13y agoThat sounds really dubious since Mark Shuttleworth explicitly said that there is'nt going to be an Edge if it fails to reach its funding goal. To me it sounds more like Canonical got over-realistic with their target. May be they got in the line of thinking that 40K devices are pinch of a much larger Ubuntu community that exists.
- Flimm 13y agoThere isn't going to be an Edge, but there could well be other models of phones for Ubuntu.
- DrinkWater 13y agoI fully agree with that.
- why-el 13y agoAsking for 30+ million to test the waters is kind of a stretch in my opinion.
- JonFish85 13y agoWell I just mean setting a bar so high that if you raise the money, great, it's worth a shot! If you don't, you can at least gauge interest and decide if you want to revise and be a bit more realistic.
- mgpetkov 13y agoMaybe they don't want to invest their own money in a very competitive market. If they order smaller number of devices their BOM can easily reach the sale price, so $32 millions sound huge sum, but in fact are not.