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[Josh Leverette <coder543@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes. Shuttleworth has even said that the *entire* purpose of this campaign
is to judge if there's a market for *super high end* phones. Adding a mid
range phone just to make this campaign succeed does not measure the market
appeal of the superphones, and it doesn't make manufacturing those
superphones any more affordable (quantity is important, if you can't meet
the quantity, the price is prohibitive).

If it succeeds, there will be more of these campaigns. If it fails... there
will probably never be another from Canonical.

Look at it as motivation to convince your friends to each buy one. This *
needs* to succeed, but adding a lower end phone is neither helpful nor an
option. The manufacturing costs would be absurd.


On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 11:08 AM, Zisu Andrei <matzipan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Sometimes you need to adapt to the new data coming in and compromise some
>> of your pre-conceived notions in order to make a campaign successful
>
>
> From what I understand about this campaign, it's more of a "what if"
> rathern than a "must succeed".
>
> Zisu Andrei
>
>
> On 5 August 2013 17:03, Omar B. <estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  >You're missing the point, Canonical expressed they are not planning to
>> enter the hardware market. Planning a low end device to raise money for a
>> high end device is exactly that.
>>
>> Offering the same device with a little less features or optimizations
>> does't equal entering the hardware market.
>>
>> Sometimes you need to adapt to the new data coming in and compromise some
>> of your pre-conceived notions in order to make a campaign successful. It
>> wouldn't be the first time , in fact everyday hundreds of campaigns think
>> they have everything laid out "perfectly" and then find out along the way
>> some of their flaws / mistakes.
>>
>> This is Agile at is best.
>>
>> The worst you can do is use the hardcoded "waterfall method" for a
>> crowdfunding campaign.
>>
>> So if that's the case we can officially forget as of today about this
>> campaign since with the current structure and perks is not going to happen.
>>
>>
> Zisu Andrei
>
>
> On 5 August 2013 17:03, Omar B. <estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> >You're missing the point, Canonical expressed they are not planning to
>> enter the hardware market. Planning a low end device to raise money for a
>> high end device is exactly that.
>>
>> Offering the same device with a little less features or optimizations
>> does't equal entering the hardware market.
>>
>> Sometimes you need to adapt to the new data coming in and compromise some
>> of your pre-conceived notions in order to make a campaign successful. It
>> wouldn't be the first time , in fact everyday hundreds of campaigns think
>> they have everything laid out "perfectly" and then find out along the way
>> some of their flaws / mistakes.
>>
>> This is Agile at is best.
>>
>> The worst you can do is use the hardcoded "waterfall method" for a
>> crowdfunding campaign.
>>
>> So if that's the case we can officially forget as of today about this
>> campaign since with the current structure and perks is not going to happen.
>>
>>
>
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-- 
Sincerely,
    Josh