Absolutly and totally agree with you Robert --- El lun, 2/6/08, Robert Schuster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió:
> De: Robert Schuster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Asunto: Re: new iphone - not interested at all > Para: "List for Openmoko community discussion" <[email protected]> > Fecha: lunes, 2 junio, 2008 10:13 > Hi, > I for one am completely blind when it comes to proprietary > technology > nowadays. I am not interested in any device that offers > substantially > less freedom than what is provided by OpenMoko. > 'Proprietariness' is > kind of zero factor for me: Multiplied with any cool > feature factor it > will cause *zero* exciteness. > > Additionally I am also not interested anymore in devices > that need to be > hacked, reverse engineered or lack important drivers (e.g. > power > management). > > When it comes to proprietary devices I am also *much* more > concerned > about environmental pollution: After all a device that > implements its > maker's vision and cannot be freed from it anytime > becomes useless when > the next generation appears. If you are a manufacturer of > such a device > do mother nature a favor and leave the silicon, oil, copper > and whatever > resources you need for it under earth's surface! > > Call me free software zealot, GNU hippy or RMS biggest > admirer but this > is my opinion and everyone is completely free to disagree. > I have a life > to live (and enjoy) and will not accept random people > misusing software > to decide what I can do and what not. > > Regards > Robert > > Christian Benke schrieb: > > Good evening! > > > > So who of you is thinking about buying the new iphone > instead of an > > openmoko in case the technical specs really > improve(3G, better > > resolution)? > > I'd love to have a open smartphone, but there are > so many compromises > > with the openmoko project(hardware lacks, formfactor, > > unfinished software) and the timing for the release is > bad unfortunately > > (on the other side the people interested in openmoko > are not > > necessarily interested in the iphone - However, i > guess there will be > > some people who drop the idea of buying a moko after > next weeks apple > > conference...) > > I feel bad about this decision, i'm not willing to > use proprietary > > software anywhere in my environment, neither work nor > private, but the > > hardware side of the iphone is presumably better(3G, > bigger screen) and > > the software is just _ready_. I'm kind of in a > dilemma right now, on > > the one hand i know i'll hate the closeness of OSX > at some point (Just > > like it happened with Windows 7 years ago) and would > love to be able to > > do what i want with my smartphone, on the other hand > i'm not a > > developer (i do some scripting but i'm far from > any serious software > > hacking) and i don't have the skills to fix > annoying bugs and will have > > to wait another few months till the software is in a > useable state > > and a freerunner could get a expensive toy for me if > development is not > > accelerating as fast as i expect it to after the > release :-( > > > > I guess the freerunner will not get available in the > next week so i can > > still decide, probably i'm lucky and all the > speculations about the > > iphone are untrue(only 3G is not a (OM-)dealbreaker > for me) ;-) > > > > My favourite would still be a Nokia E70 with a useable > linux-OS, i > > just loved the gullwing formfactor - if just Symbian > wasn't such a > > crutch, and a bit more RAM would also not hurt on the > E70... > > > > my 2 cents > > Christian > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 ______________________________________________ Enviado desde Correo Yahoo! La bandeja de entrada más inteligente. _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
