This is Canonical, and they're purposefully taking in enough funding to make this happen smoothly. Hard to believe as it may be, I think they know what they're doing.
Sincerely, Josh On Jul 22, 2013 7:43 PM, "Mike Bybee" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 07/22/2013 01:53 PM, Jim Hodapp wrote: > > How can you get burned? You donate $600, the campaign makes it to $32M, > you get an Ubuntu Edge, if not, you're not out a dime. > > > On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Mike Bybee <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On 07/22/2013 12:05 PM, Sam Bull wrote: >> >> On Mon, 2013-07-22 at 13:47 -0500, Josh Leverette wrote: >> >> Cool. Also, I wrote a Python script for my personal use, to watch the >> amount of funding that the Ubuntu Edge has >> received! http://pastebin.com/TJ1Hvktw >> >> Thanks for that, just popped that into my conky script. :D >> >> >> >> I'm so in - *really* want to throw down the $600 - but I've been so >> burned by things like Ouya that I'm going to stick with the $20 pledge >> instead. >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > You missed the most frequent option we've hit so far with crowdsourced > hardware - it gets funded, there's tons of fulfilment/shipping/distribution > issues and|or the hardware completely sucks and has "alpha" all over it. > See Ouya as a capital example. There's plenty of others, of course. The > Nvidia shield may be another one, we'll have to see there. Several open > source gaming platforms, the OpenMoko handset, etc. > Actually, you're more likely to get burned that to have it come up roses. > > Sorry, I rode *all* the rides like that I can afford to. Only Pebble > turned out for me in the last 36 mos. > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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