On Thursday 12 January 2012 21:14:59 Swapnil Bhartiya wrote: > On 01/12/2012 04:50 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > On Thursday 12 January 2012 21:40:30 Swapnil Bhartiya wrote: > >> On 01/12/2012 03:35 PM, Rony wrote: > >>> On 01/10/2012 05:02 PM, Rigved Rakshit wrote: > >>>> Hi, > >>>> > >>>> Reading all the online articles about Ubuntu TV, it is clear that it > >>>> will ship by the end of the year and will be available in US, China > >>>> and UK (mostly). Even though Canonical are not saying much about other > >>>> countries, what are the chances that we will get to see a Ubuntu TV in > >>>> India any time soon? > >> > >> Check this out: > >> > >> http://www.muktware.com/news/3190/lets-watch-ubuntu-tv-right-now > >> > >> The question is available on what? Who is going to put Ubuntu TV on > >> their hardware? People buy TV by brand and features. We have a 3D > >> Samsung Smart TV and when we go to the market we see LG, Panasonic, > >> Toshiba, Philips, Sony and Samsung. All these are putting Androids on > >> their TVs (Samsung is using Bada I guess). Canonical has failed with > >> Music, Cloud and Tablets. I doubt Ubuntu TV will succeed. The company is > >> ignoring what real users want and is overjoyed by the the fans which is > >> OMGUbuntu and is making all the wrong moves. Unless the company cracks a > >> deal with all of these major players, I don't see a future of Ubuntu TV. > >> > >> Who is going to by XYZ china made TV? > > > > Chinese android mobile clone sales outstripped all other phone sales > > combined. Google never signed up any of these manufacturers. > > Who is going to but china tvs?. The same guys who buy unbranded desktops, > > or shirts, or whatever. The guy who looks for value rather than a T& A > > show. Just back from a visit to Ranchi. There are more brands that I > > never ever heard of on sale, than all the ads for branded stuff combined. > > The world is a lot bigger than the branded cesspool. > > "Google never signed up any of these manufacturers." > > And just how is Canonical going to profit from this? Google doesn't mind > as these Android devices link to its services thus create a market. > Ubuntu doesn't have anything to monetize from other than charge licence > fee. I don't think Shuttleworth is going to TV for charity.
Revenue and business models are utterly different for foss, as we all know. Canonical might well be setting up themselves into a content aggregator. Or they might be having an entirely different take on their strategy. But that is not the point. My point is that the market at the lowest end of the pyramid is a very very long tail, as are the market dynamics, financials etc. > > Swa > > -- > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers -- Rgds JTD -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
