[haiku-development] Re: R1 (Final) General Interest poll closed. Results posted. ...
- From: Mark Watts <miraiwarren@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 21:32:16 -0600
On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 10:38, Niels Sascha Reedijk <niels.reedijk@xxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> Hi Karl,
>
> On 16 December 2010 16:13, Karl vom Dorff <karlvd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Haiku Inc, sell one 100% Haiku hardware compatible laptop and desktop -
> plus
> > some unique software (i,e an IM app with webcam support). Use the profit
> to
> > fund your hardware purchasing program and developers to write new
> > drivers/features. I think it'll be pretty difficult to support all older
> > hardware and newer hardware as it comes out. Perhaps concentrating on
> single
> > machines would be a better idea for now. The concept has already been
> > demonstrated to work by Apple.
>
> While I like the idea, and I think that there is a profitable model to
> be found within our community for this sort of thing, especially if
> part of the profit is earmarked for the Haiku project, I do not think
> that Haiku Inc. should become involved with such a thing. Besides the
> hurdles of setting up the machine, the sales channel and what not,
> there is also the thing that Haiku Inc. should not take any risks.
> This is something you cannot avoid when you are basically acting like
> a company.
>
> Regards,
>
> N>
>
> The question of what Haiku, Inc. should do is mainly the concern of
stakeholders. Should this conversation be cc'd to the haiku-inc list?
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