I smell GTA03 coming :-) 2009/7/13 Giovanni <[email protected]>
> 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > >
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