On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 8:10 pm, Mattias Schlenker wrote: > I assume that Nokia did precise analysis on the points of failure of the > Zaurus' acceptance. A fork of Maemo would be absolutely
The Zaurus is the most popular pda in Japan. It is not a failure. Only in western markets where Sharp did not exactly market, or support this correctly, did it "fail". > counterproductive for both sides: developers focusing on the free fork > would end up with unpolished applications and Nokia would have to invest > (wo)manpower in backporting apps from the forked environment to satisfy > customers. Thus integrating the community early (and pampering us with > developer devices) is a clever move. Forking in and of itself is not a ticket to failure. Lacking proper support from the manufature is a ticket to failure. -- Lorn 'ljp' Potter Trolltech Qtopia Community Manager irc.freenode.net #qtopia http://qtopia.net _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
