[ossig] malaysian distros - embun

[Colin Charles]

Chyryll Zariss wrote:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Shuttleworth
> 
> "In 2005 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005> he founded the Ubuntu 
> Foundation <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_Foundation> and made an 
> initial investment of 10 million dollars"

Latest stats show his burn rate is $25+ million (~8.3 mil/yr)

> Things can go perfect if anyone (including my ownself) been given 10 mil 
> (not RM but USD) to do such perfect and well organize development 
> (including free CD, free this and that to the public). Here in Msia, can 

Ahem, Mark was not *given* that amount of money. He actually /worked/ 
for it. Suggest you re-read the wikipedia article on mark, or if thats 
too much, here's the latest hype on him (small amount of text, big 
words, creative picture, easy on the brain):

http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/multimedia/2007/04/ss_raves?slide=15

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> get someone to invest. At the end, no one appear to invest. Lastly, our 
> own pocket money been use to develop things but the movement of 
> development just like a snails.

Yes, mark is using his own pocket money to fund ubuntu. its true - ask 
him. he wants to thank what made him money at thawte - debian, and 
python, largely

now that you've given advice to people who want to start something, and 
since everyone's doling out advice, i suggest reading paul graham's 
excellent articles on what it takes to be a startup (he's mr. viaweb, 
mr. y combinator, and so on)

if you've got some pocket money left over, go read the excellent book: 
founders at work, by jessica livingstone

	"make something people want"
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Colin Charles, http://www.bytebot.net/
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you,
then you win." -- Mohandas Gandhi