And that is why I'm concerned about their apparent policy of drawing > developers from other, equally critical FOSS projects into their fold > by announcing competing applications. I'd be much happier if they just > continued to support existing projects and bringing them up to their > standard rather than fragment the community like this. >
It may be that I am being naive. But I find it difficult to take a hostile position towards a company that keeps its project open. We live in a world that is based on various forms of inequalities. You can have a position against the way the world works or the way capital rules in today's world. But that is different. Exactly the same way, in the FOSS world there's a difference between > developing an app to scratch an > itch and announcing a development as a strategic marketing initiative > to kill or weaken other apps. If Google had actually made Android into > a viable platform for the community I wouldn't have been having doubts > about this announcement; in the light of their secretiveness regarding > the Android SDK, etc., however, I'm forced to question every > announcement of theirs. I'm not claiming that they're out to kill FOSS > projects, but I'm not treating their announcements with unreserved > elation either. > I can see your point about android and its impact on openmoko. I also felt that google's announcement of android was very depressing for prospects of openmoko. There are, however, two different responses to your point about android. First, are you being too hasty in your judgement on android? I really do not know. and am only raising it as a possibility on which you could reflect and thow some light. Second, if a little jolt from android was enough to throw openmoko off the shelves, there was surely some weakness in the development model of openmoko that needs to be thought about. We can't just blame android for it. Vikas _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
