On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 1:09 PM, David Samblas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > El lun, 10-11-2008 a las 10:39 +0100, Minh Ha Duong escribió: >> Hi, >> >> I think openmoko-the-project was founded not by FIC but by a core team >> comprising a handfull of german devs (Sean, I guess Harald, and others but >> the "The original core team" page was deleted from the wiki on Sep. 2, 2008). >> You could try to contact one of them for a 10mn phone interview. > That's why I put the draft of the chrono, to fix any mistake ;) , until > new order I will omit any FIC refrence >> If I may suggest an angle for your story, beyond listing software releases >> (btw I would not count Qi in yet), what I find most fascinating is how a >> small player can live and prosper in the middle of well entrenched giants. >> They/we are heading straight towards Apple and Microsoft marketspace, on the >> shoulders of FIC, with Nokia and Swisscom pushing to help, and Google playing >> the game with a hidden hand too. > Well this crono y for presentation very introductory oriented, to make > the propoject known to also GNU/Linux public, you orientation is more > for a market/business oportunity one, and maybe is a little to preach to > already converted ;) > But yes this part of Openmoko story is pretty interesting and must be > telled. I will try to work on this later. >> >> Otherwise don't miss the "Dash Express" deal: >> http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/02/dash-express-powered-by-openmokos-neo-open-source-hardware-plat/ >> my guess is that was a key early success to the company. > Ok I will add it.
But don't miss also this news: http://www.engadget.com/2008/11/03/dash-cuts-50-employees-drastically-changing-business-model/ Sadly just having a good idea and open implementation is not enough to change the world. Hopefully Dash will turn back to own hardware model if it succeded in software-only solution. >> I also expect the significance of the Koolu deal to be clearer before the >> end of the year (they must be NDAed to the ears), so if you have a 'future' >> section in your talk, don't forget them. > I like the "NDAed to the ears" expresion :) >> >> Minh >> > David >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > -- Regards, Alexander Chemeris. SIPez LLC. SIP VoIP, IM and Presence Consulting http://www.SIPez.com tel: +1 (617) 273-4000 _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
