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Title: Will Canonical hit their Ubuntu Edge goal? Post by: junkonator on July 23, 2013, 10:05:21 PM Canonical has started the allegedly biggest crowd-funding campaign yet on indiegogo http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge (http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge). 32 million dollars is what they want to get! :o
I made a bet about this on betsofbitco.in http://betsofbitco.in/item?id=1691 (http://betsofbitco.in/item?id=1691). Why did they chose indiegogo over kickstarter? This is gonna be interesting! Title: Re: Will Canonical hit their Ubuntu Edge goal? Post by: junkonator on July 24, 2013, 08:21:38 AM Doesn't look too good right now:
http://movebits.net/2013/07/23/ubuntu-edge-funding-level/ Title: Re: Will Canonical hit their Ubuntu Edge goal? Post by: junkonator on July 24, 2013, 11:17:37 AM Prices have been lowered: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/07/ubuntu-edge-prices-lowered-devices-available-from-625
Maybe there is hope. Title: Re: Will Canonical hit their Ubuntu Edge goal? Post by: bitcoindigi on July 24, 2013, 11:37:27 AM still too expensive, I guess. So my answer is no, they won't make it.
Title: Re: Will Canonical hit their Ubuntu Edge goal? Post by: TheFootMan on July 24, 2013, 02:32:58 PM any chance to donate to them with bitcoins? I think the project is great.
Title: Re: Will Canonical hit their Ubuntu Edge goal? Post by: 3btc on July 24, 2013, 02:35:55 PM I hope and think they will.
Kinda sad what ubuntu has become (let's blame Mr. Shuttleworth at this point) but the phone specs are certainly awesome. Title: Re: Will Canonical hit their Ubuntu Edge goal? Post by: jackjack on July 24, 2013, 02:39:23 PM No
Title: Re: Will Canonical hit their Ubuntu Edge goal? Post by: junkonator on July 24, 2013, 02:49:33 PM So far nobody dared to bet no :D
money -> mouth Title: Re: Will Canonical hit their Ubuntu Edge goal? Post by: favdesu on July 24, 2013, 03:37:48 PM I'd like to see it happen, but I don't think it'll work out. :<
Title: Re: Will Canonical hit their Ubuntu Edge goal? Post by: bitcoindigi on July 24, 2013, 03:47:15 PM still too expensive, I guess. So my answer is no, they won't make it. time to rethink, the $625's are already sold out and the campaign is at 4,7... maybe they will make it! Title: Re: Will Canonical hit their Ubuntu Edge goal? Post by: junkonator on July 25, 2013, 08:47:29 AM $5.7 Million, 28 days to go. Movebits http://movebits.net/2013/07/23/ubuntu-edge-funding-level/ (http://movebits.net/2013/07/23/ubuntu-edge-funding-level/) shows that 800$ really is too expensive. $600 something seems to be OK with people.
Title: Re: Will Canonical hit their Ubuntu Edge goal? Post by: Martin! on July 25, 2013, 08:56:20 AM Well, it's the biggest crowdfunding project ever, so it get's much attention.
In addition to that it is a very interesting product from developers with a huge fanbase. That's why I think they will get it! Title: Re: Will Canonical hit their Ubuntu Edge goal? Post by: bitbryan on July 25, 2013, 01:50:06 PM short answer is no... and i def dont want to pay 625 or 675 on a sliding scale as spots are taken for a phone that may not work the way its intended... hopefully it will be released soon to the genpop but untill then i will stand my ground and not be purchasing the idea of a phone! >:(
Title: Re: Will Canonical hit their Ubuntu Edge goal? Post by: gbl08ma on July 25, 2013, 03:52:00 PM Now that the $675 option has sold out, the raised value seems to have pretty much stagnated (or better: at the speed it's rising, I don't think they are going to meet the goal). I'd really like to see this happen, even if for nothing but to show that it's possible. But I can understand, not everyone will impulse-buy a phone anyone is yet to see and which has a estimated delivery time of May 2014.
Too bad the the movebits graph hasn't been updated in a while; does anyone know of something similar (or even something that works for any Indiegogo or Kickstarter project?) Maybe, if Indiegogo took Bitcoin as a payment method, and they promised some powerful mining ASIC in there... before, we already had the chance to see how many people around here order vaporware ;) Title: Re: Will Canonical hit their Ubuntu Edge goal? Post by: junkonator on July 25, 2013, 07:38:36 PM ...before, we already had the chance to see how many people around here order vaporware ;) OK I've got a plan:
Sounds familiar? It should... :D Title: Re: Will Canonical hit their Ubuntu Edge goal? Post by: nimda on July 25, 2013, 07:53:40 PM Canonical's going to need to do a lot of promotions of ever-increasing magnitude to hit that goal.
Title: Re: Will Canonical hit their Ubuntu Edge goal? Post by: junkonator on July 26, 2013, 09:47:54 AM Canonical's going to need to do a lot of promotions of ever-increasing magnitude to hit that goal. There's a reddit AMA today http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge?c=activityTitle: Re: Will Canonical hit their Ubuntu Edge goal? Post by: junkonator on August 07, 2013, 04:23:16 PM Here, another infographic: http://ubuntu-edge.info/#total (http://ubuntu-edge.info/#total)
Lookin' grim... Bets are .2 vs 1.05 right now. Title: Re: Will Canonical hit their Ubuntu Edge goal? Post by: nimda on August 07, 2013, 04:56:18 PM Here, another infographic: http://ubuntu-edge.info/#total That graph is a nice find. Looks like it hit the tipping point of despair ~10 days agoLookin' grim... Bets are .2 vs 1.05 right now. Title: Re: Will Canonical hit their Ubuntu Edge goal? Post by: junkonator on August 08, 2013, 08:32:22 AM Funny how barely visible the news "Bloomberg pledged $80,000 towards the campaign" is, even in the zoomed-in graph (http://ubuntu-edge.info/#total (http://ubuntu-edge.info/#total)). 32M sure is a lot of money... :P
Title: Re: Will Canonical hit their Ubuntu Edge goal? Post by: frankzro on August 08, 2013, 02:57:18 PM Check it out guys! we got a price drop!
From 830- 695! Great deal! And we are got backed by a major player in the game! http://igg.me/at/ubuntuedge/x/4037803 http://i553.photobucket.com/albums/jj371/frankzro/EdgePriceDrop_zpsbe77cbed.jpg~original Title: Re: Will Canonical hit their Ubuntu Edge goal? Post by: nimda on August 08, 2013, 05:51:11 PM Even with the new news, it's still not on track.
Quote 32M sure is a lot of money... Problem's right here.Edit: answer is NO: http://s.4pda.to/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/ubuntu-edge.png Title: Re: Will Canonical hit their Ubuntu Edge goal? Post by: super3 on August 10, 2013, 04:22:22 PM They have to do something drastic to make this work. I say post some demos of this running Windows and/or some other linux distros and they might just make their goal. I only see them going about halfway to their goal at this point.
Title: Re: Will Canonical hit their Ubuntu Edge goal? Post by: junkonator on August 17, 2013, 06:10:37 PM http://betsofbitco.in/item?id=1691 (http://betsofbitco.in/item?id=1691)
The bet will be open roughly one more day. Right now 0.2 vs 2.15 :-\ |
