Sometimes I wish this was Slashdot: "Score: 5, Insightful" :)
Stroller wrote: > On 21 Nov 2008, at 16:41, Tilman Baumann wrote: > >> I just want to point out that I will not vote because the vote is >> bullshit. >> > > +1 > > I when I finished reading this list yesterday it had only 3 replies, > and thought about replying. > > Unless your email address ends in @openmoko.com, please keep "surveys" > and "votes" off this list! > > They seem to generate a very high number of posts lacking in > thoughtfulness - as opposed to, say, those a thread titled "capacitive > screens vs touchscreens" might - and it is naive to consider what kind > of hardware an individual user would prefer in isolation of all the > other compromises that would be required to accommodate the decision. > > >> And even more important. Price and availability. >> >> What you want is totally unimportant. The question is which >> compromises >> are you ready to make? >> This is nothing that can be figured out by some stupid two options >> poll. >> ... >> >> I would like openmoko to do bold steps. >> But they should also be careful. >> > > Introduction of a multi-touch screen would only fragment the userbase. > 10,000 Freerunner owners would be bitching that they can't run > $new.app because it requires the new screen type; owners of the new > device would be bitching that existing apps don't use the cool new > interface. > > Hardware decisions are best made by those who actually have an insight > into ALL the variables of the planned hardware. The whims of you & I > are simply irrelevant if Openmoko / FIC are unable to purchase multi- > touch screens. In case you're not aware, hardware decisions have > already been constrained by an unavailability of parts in such small > quantities as those used in Openmoko devices - you might have to buy > 100,000 or 1,000,000 units before the vendor will talk to you. > > Besides that, GTA03 is no longer subject to change - isn't it stupid > to be making plans (especially when you're not in a position to do so) > for GTA04 or 05, when the hardware available by that time might be > quite different from what is on the market now? > > Thanks for cluttering up my inbox with this irrelevancy. > > Stroller. > > _______________________________________________ > 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
