If you want to make money, sell it. If you want contributors, focus on people that will contribute.
A lot of people don't care enough to contribute or donate. Andy Watson watson...@gmail.com watson...@msn.com On 2010-08-17, at 8:49 PM, Martin Owens <docto...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 2010-08-17 at 20:14 -0400, Andy Watson wrote: >> I don't want to alarm anyone but a lot of people aren't programmers, >> designers, translators or want to be helpful in anyway. After all, it >> is just an operating system. A lot of people don't care about their >> OS. >> >> If you go and start telling them that it's open and they can modify it >> anyway they want, I personally don't think they'd care too much. They >> just want it to work and not have to fuss with it. > > And how do you suppose Ubuntu will continue to work without investment? > We don't need users to get materially involved. but it would be best for > them and for us if they could at least get involved financially. > > Ignoring how Ubuntu is made is madness, we're making ourselves poorer by > limiting investment to only OEMs, Mark and those with material skills > and commitment. > > Martin, > -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
