| cyberanger | I just realized something that makes more sense on ubuntu's reason for unity | 17:21 |
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| cyberanger | http://ostatic.com/blog/ubuntu-compromises-on-banshee-revenue-recipients | 17:21 |
| cyberanger | if they're not using GNOME, and add some time for people to forget about the GNOME foundation | 17:21 |
| cyberanger | perhaps they'll sneak the affilate code back in | 17:22 |
| Unit193 | They could do that... I would think people would catch it though,,, | 18:00 |
| cyberanger | but would they care at that point | 18:26 |
| Unit193 | They used Gnome by default so the money went to Gnome. Now that they are using Unity by default, shouldn't the money go to the people that make Unity? (I don't remember how this all went down, I could be totally wrong...) | 18:31 |
| cyberanger | Unit193: maybe not that smoothly, since I think Banshee and Rythmbox are Gnome Projects | 18:35 |
| cyberanger | but yeah, and Unity is part of the Ayatana project, an ubuntu project | 18:37 |
| cyberanger | so idk | 18:37 |
| Unit193 | cyberanger: That's the kicker! Banshee is a Gnome project! Hmmmm | 18:39 |
| cyberanger | well, that isn't as big a kicker as Ubuntu was using much more gnome code too | 18:39 |
| cyberanger | GNOME itself, Rythmbox before, Banshee now | 18:39 |
| cyberanger | Ubuntu One wasn't an issue, but the Amazon mp3 plugin wasn't ubuntu's but gnome foundations | 18:40 |
| cyberanger | editing an affiliate code is all | 18:40 |
| cyberanger | that's what seemed to be the really big issue | 18:42 |
| cyberanger | but if they make a media player to go with unity, or build a plugin for vlc (their code, not videolan's) and switch to vlc (as an example) | 18:43 |
| cyberanger | and give some time for that issue to be forgotten | 18:43 |
| cyberanger | (some ways it already has) | 18:43 |
| cyberanger | but just sorta thinking about it, I sorta se why there may have been a rush for unity now | 19:53 |
| cyberanger | so Canonical Ltd can get closer to a profit point | 19:56 |
| cyberanger | if they're the developers, the only distro using it, able to get some revenue from mp3 sales and storage | 19:57 |
| cyberanger | and also it puts them in a position to be the only paid support option for ubuntu, compared to now at least | 19:57 |
| cyberanger | idk if that's Canonical Ltd's plan or not, but it sounds plausable | 19:58 |
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