On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:47:02 +0100 DJDAS <dj...@djdas.net> said: > Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) wrote: > > well as i said. it works fine and fluidly on many other devices. > Even Windows Vista works fine and fluidly on 3000$ desktops this doesn't > mean it's optimized ;) > > but.. if i were smart.. i'd not develop apps for the freerunner. it's a > > "dead product". it has no more being produced. it has no evolution path. > > there won't be a gtao3, 04, 05 etc. everyone quit or was fired/let go from > > om that worked on phones.. or worked on pretty much anything. your future > > is other devices.. and these don't suck with EFL. i'd not compromise the > > future if i were smart. > Let me you know that in nowadays payments system about 70-75% POS > terminals run on Z80 processor or Motorola 68k family...when you stripe > your card the system reads the magnetic stripe/microchip (handling > security encryption stuff) calls the banking server, communicates with > the cash register shows you the PIN request and prints the > receipt...there is no need for a quad core to do these things > concurrently ;) > Personally, before buying the Freerunner I had a Nokia 3650 for 4 years, > so I'm not one of those who "need" the latest hardware to run the latest > software which does nothing more than add fancy icons providing the same > functionalities and costing double than the previous one...so when I'll > have the "need" to buy a new device probably OM or someone else will > provide me a new OPEN hardware (this is what I really need, nothing > more) to develop, and use, OPEN software :) > > > why are you not complaining that linux sucks on an 8086 on > > your desktop? > Because Linux doesn't sucks on an 8086 ;) because Linux is well > designed, is scalable, is optimized and can run even on a 8086...Desktop
i think you just illustrated my point where i don't think you know what you are talking about. an intel 8086 can't run linux. a linux requires a minimum of an 386 with mmu. the 8086 was a 16bit precursor to it. > is another thing, I don't need compiz or E to show a window with two > buttons to connect my wifi or calculate my monthly expenses, this is > only a commercial stuff, not for me ;) > > > because hardware moved on. most games i know of are written to > > work on the highest end graphics cards at the time. why? > Because software houses and hardware manufacturers have to sell > something to stay on business ;) we are talking about an open platform > to develop and use open software on, not on selling an iPhone ;) > > > by the time the game > > is out and is selling - everyone has finally upgraded to those cards. they > > were top end 3 years ago when game design started. now they are "low to > > middle end". gta02 is a a middle end device that came out 4-5 years after > > its components were middle end - except the LCD. you have a 4-5 year old > > set of components driving a high end screen. you will pay a cost. > > > > the developers are smart if they look forward to where hardware will be in N > > years and make sure they are on the right path for that. if it works now > > with some tuning and simplification of things like themes - then great. > > their code, apis and logic dont need a rewrite every few years. > > > > This is only commercial stuff, I don't want to sell nothing to anyone, > just develop for fun and use my Freerunner as a phone without the need > to wait 3 seconds to answer a call... > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
