On 12 January 2012 21:08, Swapnil Bhartiya <[email protected]> wrote: > On 01/12/2012 04:32 PM, Binand Sethumadhavan wrote: >> Famous last words. Nokia asked the same a while back, who is going to >> buy XYZ China made phone? > > The same 'China' companies are already shipping TVs with Androids. Ok, lets > see how successful Canonical is in the desktop -- no top brand -- Dell, LG, > Samsung, Lenovo ... or ASUS, ACER ship Ubuntu with their high-end PCs. > System76 does which is unknown and extremely expensive.
The only Chinese TV brand I see in Croma is Haier (unless I am missing something). Anyway, the point I wanted to make is that it is incorrect to assume that there is no market for Ubuntu on TVs. There most definitely is, and Canonical's inability to exploit that doesn't mean it does not exist. Secondly, you are missing the point by saying "nobody ships Ubuntu with high-end PCs", when the point I am making is about exploiting the low-end PC market. >> A good 42 inch LCD costs upwards of Rs. 45,000. If someone can make >> one costing half as much, I'm sure there will be takers - same way >> there were for Micromax and Karbon and Lava and all such brands. > > LCD is passe its time for LED/3D. Then where are the apps for Ubuntu TV? > Ubuntu TV might end up with low end models or manufactures. Same argument as above. Does Mr. Tiwari running a pan shop in Mumbai care that his TV is LCD and not LED? All he cares about is that he got a good looking thin TV for a third of the price in Croma. > What I am saying is that looking at the past -- Ubuntu Music, and Ubuntu > One, I am not very excited. Don't confuse Canonical's mistakes with ground realities. Binand -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
