Comments on: Judging the 2006 Rolex Awards http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/33 Planetary perspectives Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:30:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Rahcyan http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/33/comment-page-1#comment-18332 Rahcyan Thu, 07 Dec 2006 12:41:01 +0000 http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/33#comment-18332 i wish you will watch at this project…. it need help and I think it can interrest you… http://www.ryzom.org/ i wish you will watch at this project…. it need help and I think it can interrest you…

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]]> By: John Kotsaftis http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/33/comment-page-1#comment-436 John Kotsaftis Thu, 27 Apr 2006 08:39:47 +0000 http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/33#comment-436 Hi Mark, One of your old school comrades here :) Ive been doing some thinking about Linux and esp. Ubuntu (which I think is a great product by the way - even though Im now on a mac). Ive been thinking about how you are going to keep the Ubuntu pump primed without having to fork out further investment and make it self-sustaining. One of the ideas I was working on was contextual advertising. You may have thought of it before, its not unique as a concept, of course, hence web 2.0 etc but.....imagine if there was a way one could easily integrate contextual advertising into the UI (AdSense for instance), the proceeds of which would go into the Ubuntu pot which would then be administered as a trust which would pay bounties, do marketing etc etc......it will give Ubuntu the impetus it needs, yet keep the product philanthropic and wont make one individual rich...... The quid pro quo for the user is they get a great product, in exchange for some advertising real estate in their OS. Dumb idea? Cheers JK Hi Mark,

One of your old school comrades here :) Ive been doing some thinking about Linux and esp. Ubuntu (which I think is a great product by the way – even though Im now on a mac). Ive been thinking about how you are going to keep the Ubuntu pump primed without having to fork out further investment and make it self-sustaining.

One of the ideas I was working on was contextual advertising. You may have thought of it before, its not unique as a concept, of course, hence web 2.0 etc but…..imagine if there was a way one could easily integrate contextual advertising into the UI (AdSense for instance), the proceeds of which would go into the Ubuntu pot which would then be administered as a trust which would pay bounties, do marketing etc etc……it will give Ubuntu the impetus it needs, yet keep the product philanthropic and wont make one individual rich……

The quid pro quo for the user is they get a great product, in exchange for some advertising real estate in their OS.

Dumb idea?

Cheers
JK

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