The first link is really interesting. Ty ! 2011/2/11 Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com>
> I guess it's time we put a bit of information out there, but first some > background. > > For a while now Enlightenment has been much less about its window manager > and > more about the libraries behind it - EFL. And EFL have been focused on > bringing > to the world beautiful experiences graphically - and in other areas too. > Not > only this, but EFL has been doing it with minimal resources, always being > aimed > at thinking: "What if I wanted this to run on my phone, TV, or some other > very > low powered device, not my massively powerful PC". It has paid off. It > manages > this now, and has for a long time. EFL is improving steadily. Recently we > released 1.0 of our core EFL libraries introducing a solid base of > stability. > > For a while now, Samsung Electronics has been very interested in EFL. Not > just > interested, but actively using it to build a Linux based OS. This isn't > really > a secret, but not many may know because it hasn't been publicized. See the > following for example: > > > http://www.oss.kr/?module=file&act=procFileDownload&file_srl=1609&sid=96028cc2f522ec804ec973e9b92d5bd9 > > This isn't just a backroom research effort by some nutty engineers. It's a > solid backed effort to build a working mobile Linux OS capable of driving > devices (such as phones, tablets or other things). Unless you've been > living > under a rock, the PC operating system space has ceased being interesting or > gathering much press, and all the interest and momentum is on the device > side. > Android, iOS (iPhone/iPod/iPad), WebOS, Windows Phone 7 and Meego... that's > where all the chatter seems to be now. This is also the space where there > is > room to move and grow, for EFL and Linux. > > So this brings up today's news. Nokia has taken a major left turn at > Albuquerque. It has moved Windows Mobile Phone 7 into the spotlight as its > primary and premier SmartPhone OS. For the past year now since Meego was > announced, Nokia have been pushing Meego and QT as seemingly a big future > thing > for them. Meego has been gaining momentum and mindshare. I'll echo what > many > people have now been saying (for example): > > > http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/fjc6m/nokia_will_partner_with_microsoft_and_use_windows/ > > and Nokia has said in all but explicit words, if you read between the > lines. > Today's move puts the future of Meego in serious doubt. At least for > Nokia's > product lineup. Only time will tell, but one thing is clear. Enlightenment > and > EFL are only growing and strengthening support. Maybe those hoping for an > army > of Meego Phones to invade the world may want to keep and eye out for EFL > centric devices to appear with an open Linux OS that they can develop for. > > What comes out and when is still to be decided, but be sure than EFL is on > the > up, and is gaining momentum, not losing it. If you fear that it may suffer > a > similar fate that Meego and QT seem to be on a path to suffering due to > Nokia's > change in direction, do not fear. E is solid and gaining more backing that > ever. > > Let's work together to build a path into the future. What I have written > today > is not really secret. It's already made public. I am just summarizing it > and > making it clear. > > Cheers. :) > > -- > ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- > The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: > Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. > Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. > Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel > -- Regards. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The ultimate all-in-one performance toolkit: Intel(R) Parallel Studio XE: Pinpoint memory and threading errors before they happen. Find and fix more than 250 security defects in the development cycle. Locate bottlenecks in serial and parallel code that limit performance. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devfeb _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
