Crowdfunding is not a problem; outreach is. To prove this point I am going to
compare two recent campaigns: Ubuntu Edge and 0 AD.
Ubuntu Edge managed to receive $5 million in merely *2 days* while 0 AD is
stuck at less than $20k after more than 20 days. What went wrong? You may
think that people were more willing to paying for real hardware rather than
free software; however that does not seem to be the case: *Edge got more
money from people that were not paying for the phone than 0 AD aims to
raise!* Reason for this is obvious: Edge was featured on a web site visited
by thousands of Ubuntu enthusiasts all eager to support their beloved
operating system.
0 AD campaign was not featured on that website (altho they wrote about the
game in the past), but instead they wrote about Steam: every. single. day.
hint, hint...
