Ola,
[Obs: I think the correct list for this to go to would be
maemo-community but since that is not an option on
http://www.maemo.org/community/mailing-lists.html I am posting here]
[Obs2: This is intended as constructive criticism. Any other inference
was not my intent]
Creating a strong and vibrant community around the 770 would be good for
everyone,right. Compared to some other 'corporate' efforts
http://port25.technet.com/default.aspx (Anonymous comments have been
disabled due to feedback from site visitors) ;), Nokia are doing OK .
Compared to the community effort around Ubuntu , Nokia are doing really
badly.
This is because at the start of its 'openness', Nokia lacked an
understanding of OSS hackers.
To a big business the bottom line is profit and control. If you have
control of your products,teams and users you can invest in the latest
technology and be relevant. Any kind of strategy is usually product
and/or accounts orientated, which means input from development,
financing and marketing departments.
As such the frescuras (sorry , there is no English word for this), make
up and feelings of a wide ranging group of OSS Hackers, came way down
the list of priorities.
This needs to change. Some good things to think about, I think, would be:
Moving away from the 'working on the product (which is hidden under a
sheet in warehouse 2) which we roll out to the community on
{insert_date}' for contributions type of OSS development that still
happens at Nokia .
Make us (the community) feel that suggestions/criticism's are listened
to and *acted* on if necessary.
Where is the user submitted artwork,themes. I submit my artwork where?
The planet http://planet.maemo.org/ needs some love and attention to say
the least
When doing anything concerning Nokia and Open Source ask ->
Why should the community get excited about this, write quality code for
it , blog about it and work insanely long hours (for free) doing so
(these ideas are lifted directly from Ubuntu)
Create a Community Council which governs the evolution of the community
Create a Code of Conduct which covers the behaviour from community
members in any kind of communication, electronic or in real life
HTH
[]'s
Ian
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