On Fri, 2016-02-05 at 11:29 +0100, Gabriele Svelto wrote: > On 04/02/2016 19:39, baux wrote: > > why not simply let the comunity devel firefox os for smartphone as > > a > > totally open source project in MDN house? > > > > do you think there isn't interest on this lovely OS? :-) > > I'm sure there is and we're all for people from the community > actively > contributing to the project but we also need to offer a measure of > help. > Firefox OS is based on Gecko and without active maintenance it may be > that the infrastructure we built around it breaks because of changes > in > Gecko. The project needs active development to keep it working and I > think we should help ensure that. > > Now don't get me wrong, anybody can take the sources and do whatever > they want with them, they're there and there's nobody stopping you > from > doing it, but a concerted effort is a better proposition IMHO.
due to the lack of effort and resources in general, I agree, a concerted effort is the best thing. Due to this a Mozilla 'brand' may help > > > why? [..] > > please don't drop everything, I think a web based os of for > > smartphones, which are one of the most pervasive media out there, > > and > > others consumer stuff (tv, tablet, etc...) is a great thing. Built > > upon > > a standadized WEB api... I saw this as a great idea, and I like it > > and > > appreciate it. > > I'm all for keeping the project running and especially for keeping it > running with active input from the community - instead of a roadmap > driven by OEMs and carriers - and possibly even turning it into > something less ambitious but more flexible so that people can truly > innovate with it. Unfortunately I'm not the one calling the shots > here. agree on this too, the community should drive the development, not oem or carriers... breaking iOS/android consumer market it's very hard... but a good 'hacker' smartphone system, which carry on innovation and new ideas is a good thing IMHO. IoT is an almost open market where Mozilla can find a better place, so put most of effort here is a good thing too. just my two cents. > Gabriele bye, maurizio :-) _______________________________________________ dev-fxos mailing list dev-fxos@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos
