Comments on: WorksWithU Vodcast, Episode II

By: phiphi

phiphi — Wed, 27 May 2009 20:06:04 +0000

Why don’t you write down the links you mention below in the description, so they are clickable?

By: aikiwolfie

aikiwolfie — Sun, 24 May 2009 18:48:59 +0000

I have a small hint. Dump the laptops. Use an off camera display for your prompts or idiot cards or whatever.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 23 May 2009 20:06:59 +0000

Hi, nice posts there thank’s for the interesting information

By: Joe Panettieri

Joe Panettieri — Fri, 22 May 2009 12:05:29 +0000

Jimbo: I like your arguments. A bunch of small, relatively successful services wrapped around Ubuntu could add up to larger success for Ubuntu itself … plus more successful users.

By: Jimbo

Jimbo — Fri, 22 May 2009 09:18:51 +0000

Like you say, Ubuntu One can’t compete with Dropbox as a pure storage thing, but lets not forget its going to be integrated into the whole OS in a way Dropbox can’t be. Imagine if you could sit down at any Ubuntu machine and have the entire OS with all the settings exactly how you have your main machine back at home. That makes the crude syncing of a single Dropbox folder look really lame in comparison. If you listen to to the latest Ubuntu UK podcast theres an interview with the developers and they make it quite clear theres a lot more coming to Ubuntu One that simply syncing up documents.

Also, even if Ubuntu One never gains any killer features, the fact that it is exists and will be the default option for Ubuntu users will still generate some income for Canonical. Its like relatively speaking, no one uses Windows Live Search in comparison to Google, but the small percentage of users it does get is still huge business. Even if Ubuntu One only gets 5% of business and everyone else uses Dropbox that is still a bunch of income Canonical wouldn’t be getting otherwise.

Thirdly, worse case scenario, lets say Ubuntu One only basically pays for itself and doesn’t really make any additional income for Canonical, it is still going to be a bullet point on the back of the box (if Ubuntu had a box). It is going to make people more comfortable about switching and generally make Ubuntu seem like a better OS than it would without. You can easily imagine the sales text now… “Completely Free, No viruses, 2GB online backup out of the box…” it all starts to add up into a compelling argument for computer newbies who just want something that works.

By: Vadim P.

Vadim P. — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:20:21 +0000

I’m excited to see what kind of services people will come up with that utilize the UbuntuOne service. Also holding off my prime DropBox purchase until I get to try the thing out.

Are you sure Statix is active? I found no contact info, and forums had the default threads from ‘07.