The purpose of my post was to present the OpenGarden concept, which could be excellent for Tizen. It is not an anti-telco app: carriers are even potential OpenGarden customers, as explained in a previous post. The fact that it's proprietary is a problem indeed but that's something which can be solved if Samsung/Intel consider this as something worthwhile.
On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 5:46 AM, Carsten Haitzler <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 3 Sep 2014 04:53:08 +0200 Olivier Nyssen <[email protected]> > said: > > > Sorry, I replied too fast, as usual. > > I should have said: OEMs are Open Garden's customers, and the cost of a > > Linux version is probably peanuts ;) > > and why would any be interested in paying for a proprietary closed solution > given that tizen's catch-cry is all about being open source? isn't this > against > the whole thing? opengarden has no source advertised anywhere, so for all > you > know it could be littered with NSA backdoors - no source, no way to verify. > "why bother?". > > just because someone slaps open onto something doesn't make it open source > friendly/compatible? it certainly doesn't belong in tizen. if some > specific oem > feels they want to ship it with their products - great, though i really > don't > see this as being a positive thing to ship considering it being a closed > binary > blob. not to mention it is all about avoiding your carrier detecting you > are > using tethering and wanting to charge you more or block you (not all > telcos do > this). shipping software that actively thwarts what your customers (if you > are > an oem making devices, your customers buying the bulk of your products are > telcos) want to do is a great way of hurting your relationships with them > and > basically losing lots of sales. not a smart move. > > > Cheers, > > Olivier > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 4:32 AM, Olivier Nyssen <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > When Samsung (or Intel) asks something, companies usually abide. > > > The alternative is to buy the Open Garden company: the personnel has > some > > > know-how I suppose ;) > > > > > > Cheers, > > > Olivier > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 4:19 AM, Ashiq Nazir <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > >> Without us having Tizen devices like a Smartphone, which most users > would > > >> use as a data gateway, I can't see why Open Garden would develop a > Tizen > > >> App? > > >> > > >> Cheers > > >> > > >> Ash. > > >> -- > > >> Ashiq Nazir > > >> www.TizenExperts.com > > >> [email protected] > > >> > > >> > > >> On 3 Sep 2014, at 3:02, Olivier Nyssen wrote: > > >> > > >> No, basically it gives you internet through mesh networking. > > >>> They seem to have some problems with Android, could work like a > charm on > > >>> a > > >>> mobile HTML5 system like Tizen. > > >>> > > >>> From the Partners page: > > >>> OEM and Device manufacturers: Gain competitive advantages and > increase > > >>> market differentiation. Open garden delivers faster Internet > > >>> connectivity, > > >>> improved battery use and lower TCO. Thanks to seamless multi-device > > >>> support > > >>> for phones, tablets, laptops, wearable devices and "the Internet of > > >>> Things", Open Garden enables powerful network effects. > > >>> Carriers and service providers: Sell more data and devices while > > >>> improving > > >>> the network. A 100% software solution, Open Garden improves the > network’s > > >>> coverage, reliability and performance with no increase in > operational or > > >>> capital expenditure. In addition, Open Garden provides Wi-Fi > offloading > > >>> and > > >>> local caching solutions for the exponentially increasing demand for > data. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 7:05 PM, jezra <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>> > > >>> So basically it makes a proprietary mesh network. > > >>>> > > >>>> On Tue, 2 Sep 2014 12:24:34 +0200 > > >>>> Olivier Nyssen <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> Hi everyone, > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Open Garden seems to be very interesting: > > >>>>> https://opengarden.com/home > > >>>>> > > >>>>> More info is available in the FAQ: > > >>>>> https://opengarden.com/faq#faq-general-001 > > >>>>> It's available for Android, would be great on Tizen imo > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Regards, > > >>>>> Olivier > > >>>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>> General mailing list > > >>>> [email protected] > > >>>> https://lists.tizen.org/listinfo/general > > >>>> > > >>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>> General mailing list > > >>> [email protected] > > >>> https://lists.tizen.org/listinfo/general > > >>> > > >> > > > > > > -- > Carsten Haitzler (The Rasterman) <[email protected]> >
_______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] https://lists.tizen.org/listinfo/general
