On 25/09/12 09:33, Juergen Schinker wrote:
Kickstarter, Indiegogo,
They work well for one off projects up to (and sometimes over) a specific target, but not for the ongoing costs associated with running a company.
Flattr, Donations wia Bitcoin etc
Flattr is good for articles, podcasts, stories, not so good, again, for running an entire company of 500+ employees.
Bitcoin is a non-starter for a "real company" right now IMO.
Good but not good enough - the default must be uninstalled
It may as well not exist if it's not installed.
Why is there no full Transparancy about this -the more i dig the more comes out...
It's not out yet. The developers have been focussing on coding rapidly to get it in before the beta 2 freeze. If you follow planet ubuntu you'll find blog posts from Mark (the guy who owns the company and started this whole thing) and Jono who has a community relations role.
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