Hi-ho, > Am 17.09.2022 um 15:33 schrieb David Boddie <[email protected]>: > > On Sun Sep 4 22:03:38 CEST 2022, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: > >> But as far as I see all of them are absolute niche an none of them got the >> same attractivity and general public attention as the original Openmoko got >> back in 2007. Well, it is like sending people to the moon for the second >> time. Nice, still challenging technology. But no breakthrough any more. No >> revolutionary approach. Smaller media coverage. > > Linux on a phone isn't an interesting topic in itself any more, and even the > phones where the software is open have practical limitations on what you can > run. The idea of a phone where you can "hack" on the OS isn't as appealing > as one where you can write your own apps, especially when most of the effort > on the OS is directed towards a narrow stack of software. > > Maybe those involved with OpenMoko could say something about the excitement > around the original phone. Were people excited about the OS, or were they > simply excited about the idea of a phone where you could run your own > software?
Can’t tell much more than I’ve written in my obituary (https://www.vanille.de/blog/openmoko-10-years-after-mickeys-story/), but for me personally, apart from the „Linux as a phone OS is cool“-factor, it was always about being able to provide a platform where people could experiment with new ways to handle communication, in particular a platform that would allow you to tweak the whole stack and do holistic changes – not being limited to „apps“. Best regards, :M: _______________________________________________ Community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goldelico.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/community http://www.tinkerphones.org
