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| issue76:demandez_au_petit_nouveau [2013/12/30 14:09] – [1] auntiee | issue76:demandez_au_petit_nouveau [2014/01/04 23:12] (Version actuelle) – [7] jim | ||
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| Let’s back up. A few weeks ago, Canonical posted a teaser campaign to the Ubuntu homepage. It was all very coy, talking about the point at which a line meets space, or an irresistible force meets an immovable object, or chocolate meets peanut butter, or something meets something else, and I had no clue what they were talking about, but it was very, very exciting.** | Let’s back up. A few weeks ago, Canonical posted a teaser campaign to the Ubuntu homepage. It was all very coy, talking about the point at which a line meets space, or an irresistible force meets an immovable object, or chocolate meets peanut butter, or something meets something else, and I had no clue what they were talking about, but it was very, very exciting.** | ||
| - | Si vous avez une question simple et êtes assez dérouté par Linux de penser que « fichier d' | + | Si vous avez une question simple et êtes assez dérouté par Linux, au point de penser que « fichier d' |
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| - | R : Non, l' | + | R : Non, l' |
| - | Mais retournons en arrière. Il y a quelques semaines, Canonical a publié une campagne-mystère sur la page d' | + | Mais retournons en arrière. Il y a quelques semaines, Canonical a publié une campagne mystère sur la page d' |
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| The Ubuntu Edge turned out to be a phone like no other. It would dual-boot Ubuntu and Android. Its screen would be made of moon rock (or something equally exotic). The battery would be so experimental no other phone has ever used one like it before. It would give you access to an Ubuntu App Store. It would be shiny. And, most revolutionary of all, it would allow you to connect a keyboard and screen and run native, full-scale Ubuntu, bridging the gap between your mobile phone and your desktop PC.** | The Ubuntu Edge turned out to be a phone like no other. It would dual-boot Ubuntu and Android. Its screen would be made of moon rock (or something equally exotic). The battery would be so experimental no other phone has ever used one like it before. It would give you access to an Ubuntu App Store. It would be shiny. And, most revolutionary of all, it would allow you to connect a keyboard and screen and run native, full-scale Ubuntu, bridging the gap between your mobile phone and your desktop PC.** | ||
| - | Les fans d' | + | Les fans d' |
| - | Quand The Ubuntu Edge, lui-même, fut enfin révélé, les gens sont devenus absolument | + | Quand l'Ubuntu Edge, lui-même, fut enfin révélé, les gens sont devenus absolument |
| - | The Ubuntu Edge s'est révélé être un téléphone inégalé. Ubuntu et Android seraient en double amorçage. Il aurait un écran fait de pierres en provenance de la lune (ou quelque chose tout autant | + | L'Ubuntu Edge s'est révélé être un téléphone inégalé. Ubuntu et Android seraient en double amorçage. Il aurait un écran fait de pierres en provenance de la lune (ou quelque chose tout aussi exotique). La batterie serait si expérimentale qu' |
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| - | I haven’t been this excited since I heard Disney bought Lucas Films. | + | **I haven’t been this excited since I heard Disney bought Lucas Films. |
| And then reality set in. Ubuntu Edge wasn’t a phone. It wasn’t even a product. It was a concept. And it wasn’t something you could get, it was something you had to fund. And it wasn’t ready today, you’d get it in several months, after it was built, stress-tested and shipped. | And then reality set in. Ubuntu Edge wasn’t a phone. It wasn’t even a product. It was a concept. And it wasn’t something you could get, it was something you had to fund. And it wasn’t ready today, you’d get it in several months, after it was built, stress-tested and shipped. | ||
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| The promise of an Ubuntu Edge delivered to your door (once it’s built and shipped) can be had for US$695. | The promise of an Ubuntu Edge delivered to your door (once it’s built and shipped) can be had for US$695. | ||
| - | Crowdfunding is the Medici-da Vinci model updated for the modern era. Everything from novels and movies to watches and robots have been funded through Indiegogo, Kickstarter and other community funding sites. You post your idea, tell us why you think we should give you money and, voila! You can go off and make those hipster bike shorts with the integrated wine bottle pocket! | + | Crowdfunding is the Medici-da Vinci model updated for the modern era. Everything from novels and movies to watches and robots have been funded through Indiegogo, Kickstarter and other community funding sites. You post your idea, tell us why you think we should give you money and, voila! You can go off and make those hipster bike shorts with the integrated wine bottle pocket!** |
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| + | Je ne me suis pas aussi excité depuis que j'ai entendu dire que Disney a acheté Lucas Films. | ||
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| + | Et puis le désenchantement s' | ||
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| + | Voici la réalité d' | ||
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| + | La promesse qu'un Ubuntu Edge sera livré chez vous (dès ses fabrication et expédition) est au prix de 695 $ US. | ||
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| + | Le financement participatif est le modèle Medici da Vinci mis à jour pour l'ère moderne. Tout, des romans et films aux montres et robots, ont eu leur financement par l' | ||
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| - | I’ve used these sites. I’ve supported artists and engineers with more brains than coins and helped them realize their dreams. In the process, I’ve received products or experiences I couldn’t get anywhere else. | + | **I’ve used these sites. I’ve supported artists and engineers with more brains than coins and helped them realize their dreams. In the process, I’ve received products or experiences I couldn’t get anywhere else. |
| The Edge follows a well-established landscape for crowdfunding campaigns. And it was wildly successful at launch, breaking all sorts of records for biggest single-day funding, fastest to US$1M, fasted to $2M, largest campaign, etc, etc. The funding goal of US$32, | The Edge follows a well-established landscape for crowdfunding campaigns. And it was wildly successful at launch, breaking all sorts of records for biggest single-day funding, fastest to US$1M, fasted to $2M, largest campaign, etc, etc. The funding goal of US$32, | ||
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| Beyond the initial upswell in support, probably the clearest indicator that the Edge campaign was doing something right was the confederacy of naysayers that quickly rallied to kill the project. | Beyond the initial upswell in support, probably the clearest indicator that the Edge campaign was doing something right was the confederacy of naysayers that quickly rallied to kill the project. | ||
| - | I call them Harumphers. Harumphers exist in every community. They are hyper knowledgeable about the topic at hand, incredibly intelligent, | + | I call them Harumphers. Harumphers exist in every community. They are hyper knowledgeable about the topic at hand, incredibly intelligent, |
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| + | J'ai utilisé ces sites. J'ai soutenu des artistes et des ingénieurs avec plus d' | ||
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| + | L'Edge suit un trajet bien établi pour des campagnes de financement participatif. Et, au lancement, il a remporté un succès formidable, battant toutes sortes de record pour le plus grand financement sur une seule journée, le plus rapide à atteindre 1 M $ US, le plus rapide à atteindre 2 M $ US, la plus grande campagne, etc, etc. Le moins qu'on puisse dire est que l' | ||
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| + | Au-delà du soutien foisonnant au départ, sans doute l' | ||
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| + | Je les appelle les Mépriseurs. Chaque communauté a ses Mépriseurs. Leur savoir concernant le sujet en question est encyclopédique, | ||
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| - | I’m not talking about your garden variety skeptic, good people with honest doubts about untested products. These skeptics are the good soldiers, fighting to make bad ideas go away, good ideas better, and great ideas amazing. And here’s the thing, skeptics have a lot of reason to focus their efforts on this campaign. The Ubuntu Edge is a technological marvel doing about ten things that have never been tried before. The critical path to its completion is a minefield of choke points, any one of which could mean the difference between a pocketful of nerd crack and vaporware. The idea of paying $695 for a dream alone might give someone pause. | + | **I’m not talking about your garden variety skeptic, good people with honest doubts about untested products. These skeptics are the good soldiers, fighting to make bad ideas go away, good ideas better, and great ideas amazing. And here’s the thing, skeptics have a lot of reason to focus their efforts on this campaign. The Ubuntu Edge is a technological marvel doing about ten things that have never been tried before. The critical path to its completion is a minefield of choke points, any one of which could mean the difference between a pocketful of nerd crack and vaporware. The idea of paying $695 for a dream alone might give someone pause. |
| But I believe in the product and the campaign and would have gladly given at the “Ubunt Edge” level where you get an actual phone (if I had that kind of scratch laying around). I contributed at the Founder Level and encourage others to do so as well. Moreover, I believe the US$695 level is a bargain. | But I believe in the product and the campaign and would have gladly given at the “Ubunt Edge” level where you get an actual phone (if I had that kind of scratch laying around). I contributed at the Founder Level and encourage others to do so as well. Moreover, I believe the US$695 level is a bargain. | ||
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| First, the phone only gets made if the whole US$32M gets funded. And if, once you receive your phone, you decide you don’t like it, you can return it. That’s right, you have 28 days to return the phone for a full refund. | First, the phone only gets made if the whole US$32M gets funded. And if, once you receive your phone, you decide you don’t like it, you can return it. That’s right, you have 28 days to return the phone for a full refund. | ||
| - | Second, US$695 isn’t that much. I know, that sounds insane. I mean, that’s Scooge McDuck money. If I had that kind of money, I’d get it in ones and roll around in it naked. Heck, I’d do that with the money I have now, but the quarters tend to chaffe my butt. | + | Second, US$695 isn’t that much. I know, that sounds insane. I mean, that’s Scooge McDuck money. If I had that kind of money, I’d get it in ones and roll around in it naked. Heck, I’d do that with the money I have now, but the quarters tend to chaffe my butt.** |
| + | Je ne parle pas des sceptiques normaux, de braves gens qui ont de vrais doutes au sujet de produits qui n'ont pas encore fait leurs preuves. Ces sceptiques-là sont de bons soldats qui se battent pour forcer les idées mauvaises à déguerpir, améliorer les bonnes idées et rendre les grandes idées géniales. Mais seulement voilà, les sceptiques ont raison de concentrer leurs efforts sur cette campagne. L' | ||
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| + | Mais je crois au produit et à la campagne et aurais volontiers contribué au niveau « Ubuntu Edge » où vous recevez un vrai téléphone (si je pouvais dépenser du fric comme cela). J'ai contribué au niveau Fondateur et j' | ||
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| + | Voici pourquoi. | ||
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| I think one of the most interesting things about the phone that doesn’t seem to be getting a lot of traction is that this isn’t like buying the newest HTC smartphone from Verizon. This is a device built for enthusiasts, | I think one of the most interesting things about the phone that doesn’t seem to be getting a lot of traction is that this isn’t like buying the newest HTC smartphone from Verizon. This is a device built for enthusiasts, | ||
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| + | * Une batterie de dernière génération technologique avec une capacité de 5 à 10 fois celle des batteries actuelles. | ||
| + | * Un écran en glace cristal, du type utilisé sur des montres haut de gamme comme les Rolex et les Omegas, quasi impossible à rayer. | ||
| + | * Un téléphone entièrement débloqué qui tourne sous Android, ce qui fait que je peux l' | ||
| + | * Soit un PC de bureau qui se glisse dans ma poche, soit un téléphone de la taille de ma poche qui tourne sous mon système d' | ||
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| + | Je pense que l'une des choses les plus intéressantes au sujet du téléphone, | ||
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| - | No, this is no ordinary phone that’s essentially one standard deviation away from everything else out there. This is so many standard deviations from the norm, it’s playing pick-up games with Nate SIlver in the alley. It’s the phone Michael Schumacher would build if he was into phones instead of cars. | + | **No, this is no ordinary phone that’s essentially one standard deviation away from everything else out there. This is so many standard deviations from the norm, it’s playing pick-up games with Nate SIlver in the alley. It’s the phone Michael Schumacher would build if he was into phones instead of cars. |
| Not only is the device a test bed, it gives the users who funded it a voice in what they want next. Canonical has hinted that if the funding takes off, users could influence the direction of future phones. Think your next phone should be Steam-enabled so you can play your games stored in the cloud? Tell them. If there are enough of you, it could just happen. Imagine going to an auto show, dropping a three-inch carney roll of hundos tied with a rubber band and saying, “I’ll take that Mercedes concept vehicle. And here’s my list of must-haves for the next version you build.” We’d have flying cars in no time. | Not only is the device a test bed, it gives the users who funded it a voice in what they want next. Canonical has hinted that if the funding takes off, users could influence the direction of future phones. Think your next phone should be Steam-enabled so you can play your games stored in the cloud? Tell them. If there are enough of you, it could just happen. Imagine going to an auto show, dropping a three-inch carney roll of hundos tied with a rubber band and saying, “I’ll take that Mercedes concept vehicle. And here’s my list of must-haves for the next version you build.” We’d have flying cars in no time. | ||
| - | If this experiment in crowd-funding a new mobile platform fails, it is possible the real message of the thing got lost from concept to consumer. This isn’t a phone, it’s an idea. It’s a way of thinking about technology you use every single day and paying to have it improved, not arithmetically by adding a sexy new background or a must-have user interface, but exponentially by taking the best tech in as many areas as possible and putting it in your pocket. | + | If this experiment in crowd-funding a new mobile platform fails, it is possible the real message of the thing got lost from concept to consumer. This isn’t a phone, it’s an idea. It’s a way of thinking about technology you use every single day and paying to have it improved, not arithmetically by adding a sexy new background or a must-have user interface, but exponentially by taking the best tech in as many areas as possible and putting it in your pocket.** |
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| + | Non, ce n'est point un téléphone ordinaire qui ressemble à tout les autres qui existent, sauf pour une seule différence. C'est tellement différent du standard, qu'il joue avec Nate Silver dans l' | ||
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| + | Si cette expérience dans le financement participatif d'une nouvelle plateforme mobile échoue, c'est possible que le véritable message concernant l' | ||
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| - | By the time you read this, we will know if the project met its US$32M goal. If it does, I will be proud to have funded it in its earliest stages. If it doesn’t, I look forward to the next attempt by Canonical to push the limits and try something new. | + | **By the time you read this, we will know if the project met its US$32M goal. If it does, I will be proud to have funded it in its earliest stages. If it doesn’t, I look forward to the next attempt by Canonical to push the limits and try something new. |
| The Harumphers will always balk, and if the Indiegogo campaign fails, they’ll say, “I told you so.” | The Harumphers will always balk, and if the Indiegogo campaign fails, they’ll say, “I told you so.” | ||
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| If it succeeds, they’ll be annoyed at having to pay double for one on eBay because you know they’ll want one. When that happens, I’ll refrain from saying I told you so. | If it succeeds, they’ll be annoyed at having to pay double for one on eBay because you know they’ll want one. When that happens, I’ll refrain from saying I told you so. | ||
| - | Good luck and happy Ubuntuing! | + | Good luck and happy Ubuntuing!** |
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| + | Au moment où vous lirez ces lignes, nous saurons si le projet a atteint son objectif de 32 M $ US. Si c'est le cas, je serai fier d' | ||
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| + | Les Mépriseurs rechigneront toujours et, si la compagne sur Indiegogo échoue, ils diront : « Je vous l' | ||
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| + | Si c'est une réussite, devoir payer le double pour un Edge sur eBay les agacera au plus haut point, parce que vous savez qu'ils en voudront un. Lorsque cela se produira, je m' | ||
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| + | Bonne chance et amusez-vous bien avec Ubuntu ! | ||
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