On 2009-04-03, Werner Almesberger <[email protected]> wrote: > Now that the genie has left the bottle, let me outline what will happen > on the kernel side: > > According to my sources, Openmoko will continue to support kernel > maintenance and contribution to upstream. Nelson will be in charge of > this. > > Although I've joined the ranks of former Openmoko employees as of this > month, I'll still tie up a few loose ends on AR6k, and I'll support > Nelson on the reorganization of the branches and the next merge from > upstream.
noooooooooooooo!!!!:'( All the good people disappear!!:( raster, andy, werner, LaForge, ... Then I can only wish you found a great new FOSS job!!! I hope you will still hang around on irc (like raster). > > Some people disagree with Openmoko's reversal of ambition, and I am > among them. I believe that the GTA03 project could still yield viable > products, and I plan to help to advance kernel support to the point > where the subsystems that can be tested on the prototype hardware made > so far work properly. Whether this will ever become more than a hobby > project depends on whether someone can be found who is willing to pick > up where Openmoko has dropped the ball. > > For convenience, I'll continue using the openmoko.org address for a > while (as far as I know, Openmoko doesn't mind), but please understand > that this doesn't mean that Openmoko Inc. endorses my further > ramblings ;-) It sounds like it is really up to the community to deside the future of Openmoko. I guess we see GTA03, GTA04, ..., when the community manage to get a userfriendly distro with all standard phone functionality. I hope the community will succeed in this and that Openmoko will continue to support us along the way.
