Harry, > Nice to hear good news from maddog, but I am curious how many > Freerunner that Koolu will buy from Openmoko?
I have no idea what this has to do with the conversation, other than Koolu (of course) having a business interest in seeing that the Openmoko is successful as a project. I do not think that Koolu being a for-profit company is any secret, and I was careful to acknowledge my Koolu contacts. How many phones that Koolu buys to distribute is based on Koolu's business plan, distribution models, software Koolu chooses to support and other business considerations of Koolu. Do we want the Openmoko project to be successful? Stellar? Something that people talk about in the news and on the street? Absolutely, and without hesitation. >From my conversations with Dr. Zuffo I can promise you that the designs coming this liaison will continue to follow the philosophy of the Openmoko community and will be equally available to all manufacturing agents that wish to participate. The factor that the university can only produce 10,000 units, and *has* to license out the design to have more produced was a *BIG* factor in this path. It forces the university (and the project) to treat manufacturers equally. My other two "plans" did not guarantee this equality, and therefore were less desirable. Warmest regards, md _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community