Am 22.08.2013 um 21:00 schrieb Joshua Judson Rosen: > Ben Wong <lists.openmoko....@wongs.net> writes: >> >> Here's Shuttleworth's upbeat closing comment: >> http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge?c=activity >> >> I wonder if OpenPhoenix has an opportunity now, with all those >> frustrated would-be buyers out there. > > Maybe some; I'm pretty sure that there were some number of people who > actually pledged to the Ubuntu Edge campaign *because* it was clear that > the funding trigger-amount was not actually going to be reached. They > decided that it was probably important to _make a showing of support_ > for the mobile-phone industry to see, even if that was all that they > were doing (what's a term for that? `guerrilla market research'?).
Well, the mobile-phone industry thinks in Billions of $$$ and Millions of units. Therefore 12 Mio $$$ doesn't look attractive and will not change any of their strategies. _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community