[Novalug] Fose TV

[Bryan J. Smith]

Obviously you didn't understand my point.

First off, Ubuntu has no marketing budget.  It's all word-of-mouth.  It's not  the
first, it's not the only one.  Furthermore, it's still marketed as "Ubuntu" instead as
"Linux."  So you only proved my point there.  ;)

Secondly, it hasn't done any wonders for the bottom line of Canonical.  Because,
if you really want to go there, as too many over-zealous people do, it's really sad
that people aren't financially helping Canonical.  So that only further proved my
point.

Because -- and this is very much my point -- it's only with actual, financial
expenditures and support that Canonical can fund more GPL and further Linux
developments.  Too many people "go there" without realizing, percentage-wise,
it's not very positive for Canonical.

And that's just sad.  Even sadder is when I point something out like this, people
think I'm anti-Ubuntu or anti-Canonical.  No, I'm anti-bigot and anti-fanboy, when
a company is losing money and, correspondingly, they cannot fund GPL
developments as much as they want to.

And, again, there is _no_ commercial Linux marketing.  Even when there is little
expenditure for such ...
A)  It takes away from GPL funding, and
B)  It is still marketed as a "brand name," not "Linux"

Sorry, but you just re-emphasized all of my points with this post.  ;)




----- Original Message ----
From: "ethan at 757.org" <ethan at 757.org>

> It's a mistake to pay for Linux marketing when it's just taking money away
> from being able to pay for a GPL developer.

One word, yo.

Unbuntu.

They've marketed far and wide, came up fast and large, and gained lots of 
following.