On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 00:01, Craig Woodward <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> ]Graham wrote:]
>> Well, so what? Their existing apps haven't gone away. They are open
>> source and someone else can take them over if they want to
>
> Said like a true layman. Are you really a developer?
If you're doubting Graham's bona fides as a developer, I have to ask
how long *you*'ve been in the Maemo community. I read the thread you
linked to and I'm sorry to say my impression was the same as Graham's.
Are there other examples/smoking guns? I assume you're *not*
suggesting that there's a great global conspiracy, but instead people
advocating a similar platform for those looking for a transition?
Have you got a better idea? I'm pretty convinced that some form of new
not-for-profit legal entity is *not* the answer for... well, pretty
much any question (unless someone comes forward with a detailed,
viable plan and there's a groundswell of volunteers which we haven't
yet seen).
The options as I see them aren't mutually exclusive:
* Those who want to keep using 770s, N8x0s and N900s can have
maemo.org maintained by Nemein, reducing costs where possible and
finding as many alternate funding mechanisms as possible. A trickle
of cool new hacks, software and updates will appear.
* Those who want to have newer hardware running a polished end-user
device can buy/get N950s/N9s (hopefully), and get/publish software on
apps.formeego.com through the meego.com COBS.
* Those who enjoy the "challenges" posed to the community by trying to
open a project can participate in MeeGo (good luck).
* Those who enjoy platform development and porting can participate at
meego.com and have a more succesful time of it than porting Maemo.
This includes building new UIs or platforms on top of MeeGo Core (like
Cordia[1] or N9* CE)
Cheers,
Andrew
[1] If CordiaTAB needs a forum, meego.com would be more appropriate
given its base,
but I don't see any harm with using maemo.org. This would primarily be up to
the Cordia supporters, and where they were happiest.
--
Andrew Flegg -- mailto:[email protected] | http://www.bleb.org/
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