Ubuntu's Top-Secret New Product
:popcorn:Rumors Running Wild About Ubuntu's Top-Secret New Product
Save the date: Jan 2 -- Ubuntu set to disrupt a new ecosystem," read the urgent message. "Ubuntu will announce a brand-new product." All lips were maddeningly sealed at the Ubuntuplex, of course, but the same couldn't be said of the blogger crowds camped outside in the hopes of learning more detail.
What could it be?
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Ru...uct-76943.html
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I hope it's an Ubuntu-powered popcorn maker!:popcorn:
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Ubuntu Tablets.
Not Ubuntu on Tablets...I mean little pills. Medicine. Tablets.
Take one, and feel the Ubuntu flow. Patient, collaborative, and mutually respectful, man.
I'm hungry now.
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Cheesehead
Ubuntu Tablets.
Not Ubuntu on Tablets...I mean little pills. Medicine. Tablets.
Take one, and feel the Ubuntu flow. Patient, collaborative, and mutually respectful, man.
I'm hungry now.
like pez?
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I'm going to guess an officially licensed ubuntu phone.
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Warpnow
I'm going to guess an officially licensed ubuntu phone.
If it is, and has a decent screen and specs, I'd buy one tomorrow.
It's probably going to be a weak netbook-esque tablet or phone... Severely underpowered, overpriced for the specs, and available nowhere.
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It would be ironic if the product was a Google Glass competitor like they joked about on April 1st...
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Ubuntu is putting a finger into too many pies and doesn't have the people or financial resources to do so competitively. They want to be TV, phone, tablet, desktop, server but don't have a single product that is profitable. Google and Apple both have profitable products which support future R&D. For example Apple had the ipod and iphone, both of which bring in money and Google had search and advertising which is bringing in money. But everything Canonical does runs at a loss and has done so for around 12 years.
I wish they would stop trying to launch new things and just focus on Ubuntu on the Desktop.
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mr john
Ubuntu is putting a finger into too many pies and doesn't have the people or financial resources to do so competitively. They want to be TV, phone, tablet, desktop, server but don't have a single product that is profitable. Google and Apple both have profitable products which support future R&D. For example Apple had the ipod and iphone, both of which bring in money and Google had search and advertising which is bringing in money. But everything Canonical does runs at a loss and has done so for around 12 years.
I wish they would stop trying to launch new things and just focus on Ubuntu on the Desktop.
From small acorns mighty Oaks grow.
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Originally Posted by
mr john
Ubuntu is putting a finger into too many pies and doesn't have the people or financial resources to do so competitively. They want to be TV, phone, tablet, desktop, server but don't have a single product that is profitable. Google and Apple both have profitable products which support future R&D. For example Apple had the ipod and iphone, both of which bring in money and Google had search and advertising which is bringing in money. But everything Canonical does runs at a loss and has done so for around 12 years.
I wish they would stop trying to launch new things and just focus on Ubuntu on the Desktop.
It's all about mindshare. Ubuntu needs to be everywhere to have a chance, they can't simply stick to the desktop, which has dubious growth potential. Desktops are going to turn into a developer only platform, and developers have many flavours of Linux to choose from.
If Ubuntu wants to appeal to normal users, it has to be on the devices those users want to actually use, like tablets. Otherwise we'll be limited to iOS, Android, or Windows.