Mark Shuttleworth wants to build a Free Software laptop
OfflineI'm unfortunately late for the news of this, but the news is excellent and shows that Mark Shuttleworth really cares about Free Software, or at least about pleasing everyone, including the Free Software "purists". Although, I don't think that it is just about pleasing everyone. He really seems to be hitting the right balance in what he does and I feel this reflects real genuine commitment. I would say at this point that Mark Shuttleworth may be, in global, contributing much more to Free Software cause than he may be detributing from it by allowing some restricted software in Ubuntu repository.
Anyway, to cut to the chase: Shuttleworth asks if we are willing to buy a high-end, free-software-only laptop?
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I wonder if he'd be taking on too much, it's one thing to get someone to manufacture x laptops to spec y, but hardware distribution and support for a world-spanning collection of people is not an easy challenge.
I wonder would it be better to go to dell/hp/lenovo etc who already have this infrastructure.
MS can be a kind of channel partner, but instead of reselling from the existing product line, he aggregates customers in advance around a given spec, that's an easy sell once buyers commit with money up front.
Even at that, the EU online selling directive allows anything bought online to be returned within a given period, so it's not risk free. I suppose if inventory remains due to cancellations these can be sold to others anyway.
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