-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Robert Osfield wrote:
> Time is the important thing to consider here. Mobile hardware is > getting more and more capable. There is also a movement in mobile > hardware that geared towards more open systems. > > Take a snapshot today and things don't look to positive w.r.t > squeezing the OSG into a mobile platform, in 5 years time I would > expect things to be very different. I can imagine lots of folks being > open to support mobile hardware if they can use similar tools on the > desktop as on the mobile device. Robert, you need to consider also the "ecosystem", not only the technology. Hopefully the narrow-minded telcos running the cellphone networks will get the idea, but most likely not. The reason why most of this hardware is closed is not so much because of companies like Nokia or Siemens, but because of telcos asking them to make their handsets restricted and unable to run "unapproved" things under the threat of not selling them with their subscription plans. For example, Symbian (EPOC) used to be quite open system when it was used by Psion handhelds and is being closed down more and more as it moved from PDAs to smart phones. One of the reasons is the fear of uncertified hardware/software damaging their networks. For example, in my home country - Slovakia - it is still *illegal* (there is actually a law on this, even though the telecom is in private hands since a long time) to plug your own phone or modem in the phone outlet. Everybody ignores it, but officially you must petition the telecom and they will send the technician to plug the phone in. Of course, God forbid if the phone/modem/whatever is not one of the officially approved and certified ones - you have to prove it by showing the certificate to the tech, otherwise you will not get it connected. And then they will still botch it (like the DSL line at my girlfriend's place where they installed some part incorrectly causing interference in all phones in the house - but that is another story ...) Then the other thing is pure greed - like 1-2 EUR DRM-ed ringtones (!) so that you cannot share them and avoid paying the inventor of the Crazy Frog or whatever annoyance of the day. Unless this changes, the market for these things will be very limited for 3rd party developers not associated with either the device manufacturers or the telecoms. > This afternoon I tried to update to that latest Producer in CVS but > couldn't get it compiled. Will have to try another day. I have done it just an hour ago and it worked for me. I didn't run it yet, but it compiled OK. Jan -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mandriva - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGw1nTn11XseNj94gRAm18AJ9r50uMwXJKQZIbxwjzzFwqMICEfwCfZDM5 7e7bmo6za4r+l6wRpfq3Y8U= =ztcj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ osg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openscenegraph.org/listinfo.cgi/osg-users-openscenegraph.org
