WOW! Very good!
If governments and universities are involved, we can have more power for developing something good. Best regards, Giovanni On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Yorick Moko <[email protected]> wrote: > this seems to be really good news, > good work! > > > On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Jon 'maddog' Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Dear Openmoko Community, >> >> In light of the refocusing of Sean's company on consumer items, there >> has been a perceived vacuum created in the Openmoko community's efforts >> to create next-generation open cellular smart phones. >> >> I happened to be working with Dr. Marcelo Zuffo, a full professor and >> the head of the Laboratory for Integrated Systems at the University of >> São Paulo, Brazil, on an unrelated project. I asked Dr. Zuffo if the >> university would be willing to join the Openmoko community and to >> provide critical resources to the task at hand. >> >> I subsequently have met with Dr. Zuffo several times on this matter, >> have seen his facilities (which include a very modern and >> state-of-the-art SMT line) and have discussed the goals of the community >> to design and prototype a completely open design for a cellular phone. >> Dr. Zuffo and the university understand your issues, understand free and >> open source software and hardware and are willing to assist the >> community with this project. >> >> I might add that the university can bring several new capabilities to >> the community: >> >> First of all, Dr. Zuffo has discussed the Openmoko project with the >> Minister of Telecommunications of Brazil, and the Minister is very >> enthusiastic about the concept. Having the support of the government of >> the twelfth largest economy behind the project might really help us with >> various negotiations with vendors. >> >> Secondly the University has been working on several aspects of >> telecommunications for a long time, and therefore has expertise in >> telephonic security and codecs (among other things) that could be of use >> to the Openmoko community. >> >> Third, the university has the ability and expertise to design new >> integrated circuits. Recently they designed a a range of analog-digital >> chips. Therefore the possibility of developing, manufacturing and >> freely licensing new chips to help reduce the cost of the phone is >> possible. >> >> Forth, while the facilities I mentioned are capable of producing up to >> 10,000 units at the rate of one circuit board every 30 seconds, the >> purpose of the facilities is research, developing and support projects >> that can lead innovation, the lab's charter does not allow them to >> manufacture more units then the 10,000 because that would be "commercial >> production". Therefore the university has a goal of freely licensing >> the design to companies for manufacture. >> >> Fifth, the university would be happy to host the mailing lists and >> forums of the Openmoko project. If some of the software projects need >> hosting and can not find hosting services other places, the university >> will consider acting as a primary hosting facility for these projects. >> >> Sixth, personally I would like to see this concept extended, of inviting >> more universities and their facilities to help with this project >> world-wide. I hope that the leadership of the University of Sao Paulo >> will help create the structure and inspiration for this to happen. >> >> Finally, the university has a non-profit legal entity, LSITEC, which can >> easily do the type of paperwork that Sean's company did (NDAs, >> certification) so the community can leverage off that. >> >> I know that there will be a lot of questions and considerations to take >> before the community is comfortable with this relationship. Dr. Zuffo >> has asked that I help coordinate the joining together of the university >> with the community, and in the interest of seeing Openmoko continue to >> do the fine work started by Sean and all of you, I will be glad to help >> in this capacity. I am monitoring the community mailing list, and >> people are also welcome to email me directly ([email protected]) with >> questions that you do not (for any reason) wish to post to the list. >> >> A copy of Dr. Zuffo's letter of intent is below. I have the original >> PDF if anyone would like to see it, but it was too big to make it >> through the community's standards on mailing lists unmoderated, and I >> thought you might like to see this as soon as possible. >> >> Warmest regards, >> >> Jon "maddog" Hall >> President, Linux International >> CTO of Koolu, Inc. >> >> >> ========================================================================================================== >> >> São Paulo, 8th July 2009, >> >> Mr. Jon Maddog Hall >> The Executive Director Linux International. >> >> Dear Mr. Hall, according our conversation LSI-USP the Laboratory for >> Integrated Systems at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, is interested >> in hosting the OpenMoko Community to design innovative cell phone >> designs. >> >> We would like to offer the community the following facilities: >> ‐ State-of-art facilities for SMT (Surface Mounting Technology) >> prototyping of complex electronics boards; >> ‐ State-of-art facilities and expertise for design HW and SW in >> telephony and communications; >> ‐ Expertise in testing and certification; >> ‐ A new building located at a Center position at USP São Paulo, to host >> community meetings, as well as computational infrastructure for email , >> WEB servers and project databases. >> >> -LSI has a long term expertise in designing complex electronics systems, >> including integrated circuits, and we would like to involve also our IC >> design team that could eventually design some components of the OpenMoko >> models. >> >> All legal procedures will be conducted by LSITEC, our non-profit >> organization to help technology developing. >> >> Finally I would like to be completely available for any further >> questions and discussion. >> >> My regards, >> Marcelo Knörich Zuffo >> Full Professor >> Laboratory for Integrated Systems >> University of São Paulo – Brazil >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > >
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