Comic strip for fun (and profit later on). License these things for growth.
Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 74.233.77.99]
on April 15, 2008 11:20 PM
People, comic strips are a great idea. Criticism is great, too, even if it were not balanced (hey, better to hear things now).
My view is that comic strips that are fun are lacking. They need not be educational. Some will be, but all should not. However, my only real criticism of this example, at least as far as making comics to help break Monopoly market share, is that this appears not to be licensed in a way where the community can take it and improve upon it.
Will someone not get a different comic strip sketch or something out before the month is up.. AND have it be licensed so that everyone else can jump on it? See, eventually, the better plots and the better dialog and the better characters and the better drawing ideas will come together and be refined further perhaps by a pro that will want to give back and recognize an opportunity, given that most of the work will have been done.
Comic strips can turn into animations, movies, (commercials of course), and much more. There is plenty of time to profit. Don't be short-sighted. Red Hat gave up lots and lots of code and they are currently the top commercial Linux-dedicated company around and growing.
Within ten years, there will be loads of amateur commercials and stuff related to Linux being produced (in competition among groups.. for entertainment).
Make fun cartoons on a page, you know, with a real storyline, and kids will read it. Some adults will too ;-). We can eventually take the plots to the actual distro. A whole distro can cater to a particular strip and even have some parts of the story involve reader participation within the distro. Eg, one distro might be themed (w/ supporting apps) as a space ship console. The episodes might be released through that interface. There isn't too much distance between a comic strip and a video game. And "video games" can be adapted as an alternative style for interacting with a PC (ie, with the Internet and other users, with files, and with whatever else you want).
Finally, a small test. Some will write comics and what not in an attempt to demean FOSS/Linux. They are potentially much more suspect when they don't license the comics in a way others can fork it.
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Comic strip for fun (and profit later on). License these things for growth.
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 74.233.77.99] on April 15, 2008 11:20 PMMy view is that comic strips that are fun are lacking. They need not be educational. Some will be, but all should not. However, my only real criticism of this example, at least as far as making comics to help break Monopoly market share, is that this appears not to be licensed in a way where the community can take it and improve upon it.
Will someone not get a different comic strip sketch or something out before the month is up.. AND have it be licensed so that everyone else can jump on it? See, eventually, the better plots and the better dialog and the better characters and the better drawing ideas will come together and be refined further perhaps by a pro that will want to give back and recognize an opportunity, given that most of the work will have been done.
Anyone that wants to submit baby steps or even something advanced can post here: http://thetuxproject.com/node/182
Comic strips can turn into animations, movies, (commercials of course), and much more. There is plenty of time to profit. Don't be short-sighted. Red Hat gave up lots and lots of code and they are currently the top commercial Linux-dedicated company around and growing.
Within ten years, there will be loads of amateur commercials and stuff related to Linux being produced (in competition among groups.. for entertainment).
Make fun cartoons on a page, you know, with a real storyline, and kids will read it. Some adults will too ;-). We can eventually take the plots to the actual distro. A whole distro can cater to a particular strip and even have some parts of the story involve reader participation within the distro. Eg, one distro might be themed (w/ supporting apps) as a space ship console. The episodes might be released through that interface. There isn't too much distance between a comic strip and a video game. And "video games" can be adapted as an alternative style for interacting with a PC (ie, with the Internet and other users, with files, and with whatever else you want).
Finally, a small test. Some will write comics and what not in an attempt to demean FOSS/Linux. They are potentially much more suspect when they don't license the comics in a way others can fork it.
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