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[Ian Nicholson <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/28/2011 04:54 PM, Thomas Mashos wrote:
> To the point of "Family of products working together". Please don't 
> make added functionality come from owning other Ubuntu branded 
> devices. Make an Android app, IOS app, Windows app, OSX app, etc. If I 
> wanted to have vendor lock in I would own Apple devices. 
I'm going to respond to this because I think it's referencing my post, 
apologies if I'm incorrect:
I'm just assuming that since we control the Ubuntu-TV, Ubuntu-Phone, and 
Ubuntu-Tablet projects, we're going to be able to make everything play 
really nicely together, which I doubt will be as easy if you're trying 
to use IOS/Android.  I didn't intend to imply intentional vendor 
lock-in, just that the Ubuntu products would be so awesome that of 
course everyone would want them whenever possible. ;)
There is, however, the reality that it may not be realistic to have TV 
apps for Linux/Android/Windows/WindowsMobile7/IOS/OSX, and someone may 
need to prioritize on just a few platforms.  If that's the case, then I 
think there's probably consensus that linux should be one of the ones we 
focus on.
This entire discussion is pointless at this juncture, I'm aware, since 
no one has actually written any code yet.