SVHMPC is more about encouraging and supporting people to do their own thing, rather than one single platform. A support network for different projects, to exchange ideas, share information, and encourage innovation.
It's a heck of a lot of fun to sit around and talk with a bunch of bright technical people who share similar interests. So I'd say SVHMPC includes anyone who wants to show up and share what they are doing. Trolltech, OpenMoko, or what have you. As far as Trolltech goes, I don't think they gained much traction due to the closed nature of parts of the hardware platform. But anyone working with Qt is welcome to show off their work. And some are working in that direction. But certainly not all. In fact, there was an excellent presentation from OpenMoko last night. Similar to what was given by Trolltech when they were showing off their Greenphone last summer. This was in addition to the OLPC discussion, as some of the people were working on a communications project with OLPCs in Africa. -dwight- On Wednesday 16 January 2008 05:00:59 pm Michael Shiloh wrote: > Lorn reminds me that there is another option in the "open source > Linux frameworks for mobile devices" space. (I think SVHMPC wanted > to include Trolltech as well. Not sure what happened.) (And of > course there are other options besides these three.) > > So the questions remain: What features make you choose one over > the other? > > And in particular, regarding Lorn's point below, how do you feel > about the different APIs? > > By the way, this is not meant to start an "us vs. them" battle. > I'm not out to prove that one is better than the other. > > Android, Qtopia, and OpenMoko are all different, and each is aimed > at a different type of developer. I'm interested in understanding > what those differences are, and how they influence a developer's > choice. > > Michael > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: New to OpenMoko > Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:45:27 +1000 > From: Lorn Potter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: List for OpenMoko community discussion > <[email protected]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], List for OpenMoko community discussion > <[email protected]> > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > andy selby wrote: > > * ..Err help me out here Lorn > > ummmm, better programming API? ;) > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenMoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
