q&a with mark shuttleworth at ubuntu open week

[karellen]

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/openweekfeisty/askmark

:) enjoy

[zubrug]

Very interesting read, answered quite a few questions, thanks.

[migla]

there's a sequel as well: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/openweekfeisty/askmark2

[karellen]

I didn't know about the sequel, thanks :)

[maniacmusician]

yup, and the rest of the openweek logs are here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/openweekfeisty

[Teg_Navanis]

<darich> question: are there any plans for large scale marketing campaigns a la Firefox for Ubuntu(full page adds etc..)

you mean bigger than the billboards? that was a fun campaign. all in good time. first we have to crack the corporate market, and be sustainable. we are taking a very unconventional approach, but we are on good track. next week you will see two big announcements, one of which will probably dominate the media, but both are really nice steps towards sustainability for the project. our goal is to be sustainable and completely free. we are neither right now, but we are moving towards that goal very steadily


speculations, anyone? :D

[Teg_Navanis]

To add even more fuel to the fire:


there are some specs i know of which have not been submitted, because they relate to unannounced partnerships (but hey, there's only a week in which we have to announce them)

An unnanounced partnership that will be announced next week? Let the rumours begin... :)

[zacinator]

Could it be that Dell picked them as their Linux distro of choice??? That would certainly make headlines!

[karellen]

Could it be that Dell picked them as their Linux distro of choice??? That would certainly make headlines!

I definitely hope so

[Daveski]

To add even more fuel to the fire:

there are some specs i know of which have not been submitted, because they relate to unannounced partnerships (but hey, there's only a week in which we have to announce them)

An unnanounced partnership that will be announced next week? Let the rumours begin... :)

Partnerships - Mark said there would be two big announcements this week. We now know about Dell, but will anyone speculate on the other announcement? I'm hungry for more good news...

[Teg_Navanis]

Possibly one of these two:

http://www.ubuntu.com/news/canonical-savoir-faire-training-partnership

http://www.ubuntu.com/news/canonical-eureca-training-center

Don't really care about those, and I'd of course like to be proven wrong and see another exciting partnership announced later this week :)