Re: Selected questions to Sean
Le lundi 22 décembre 2008, Steve Mosher a écrit : > Will need some time on this. Sure. I was actually planning to publish the interview for year's end. Minh -- Minh HA DUONG, Chargé de Recherche, CNRS CIRED, Centre International de Recherches sur l'Environnement et le Développement http://minh.haduong.com ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Selected questions to Sean
Will need some time on this. Sean Moss-Pultz wrote: > Dear Minh > > Please give me about a week to reply to these questions. I'm going to be > traveling a lot starting tonight so things will be very hectic for a while. > > I appreciate all your work to collect / organize such great topics. > >-Sean > > > > Minh Ha Duong wrote: >> Dear Sean, >> >> I received a great number of responses, most containing 3-10 questions. So >> I >> cheated a bit, and in this selection of 10 points most are actually multiple >> questions. >> >> Q1. The end of the year is a time to look back on the year achievements. >> So where does Openmoko stands now from a business point of view ? >> Could you comment on sustainability, on sales numbers, on geographic markets >> and customer categories ? >> >> Q2. The god of January has two faces, one looking back and one looking >> forward, so... >> Juergen, Eric in Japan and practically everybody else >> want to know when will the GTA03 phone be released, >> if it will have 3G/3.5G, a camera and the kitchen sink. >> Can you tell us anything yet ? Where do you want Openmoko to be in December >> 2009 ? >> >> Q3. The mandatory dogfood question was submitted by Yorik Moko: >> "Do you use the FreeRunner as your daily phone, which distro >> and what is your favorite application ?" >> >> Q4. Todd would like to know exactly what are your feelings about Android >> and its impact on the OpenMoko OS. >> >> Q5. Kosa and Marco wondered if you could say us something about the >> management >> that doesn't seem >> to be loved by great hackers like Harald and Carsten. For example, what is >> your analysis of >> the controversies that led Om2008 to ship with Qtopia's predictive keyboard. >> >> Q6. There are many Openmoko communities in languages other than English now. >> Swap38 asks how can they best contribute back to the project, >> and if there are plans to organize the diversity around a common model, >> as OpenOffice.org did for example. What is the status of the >> internationalization >> and localization effort ? >> >> Q7. Let's be reflexive, kind of "we have to talk about our relationship, >> dear". >> Tilman, supported by Michelle, wonders to which extend the community has met >> your expectations. >> More precisely, could you name an area where it did not, perhaps >> like an application that you would have expected be written already ? >> >> Q8. On the other hand, Tim and others would like to know >> the most interesting or fun thing you have seen the Freerunner used for ? >> >> Q9. And where do you think could any person do the most for the project >> right >> now? Think of if that person would be ideal and have all the skills needed. >> And then, which skills are in most need right now and in the future? >> >> Q10. To conclude, can we have a video of you in Openmoko T-shirt and >> geek-cap, >> having a phone chat with star hackers, using Neo FreeRunners at both ends, >> telling each other your favourite Freerunner joke ? Please ? >> >> Thanks everybody for taking the time to ask these questions, >> and thanks if advance for your replies, >> Minh >> -- >> Attached: All the questions received. >> >> >> >> >> ___ >> Openmoko community mailing list >> community@lists.openmoko.org >> http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: Selected questions to Sean
Dear Minh Please give me about a week to reply to these questions. I'm going to be traveling a lot starting tonight so things will be very hectic for a while. I appreciate all your work to collect / organize such great topics. -Sean Minh Ha Duong wrote: > Dear Sean, > > I received a great number of responses, most containing 3-10 questions. So > I > cheated a bit, and in this selection of 10 points most are actually multiple > questions. > > Q1. The end of the year is a time to look back on the year achievements. > So where does Openmoko stands now from a business point of view ? > Could you comment on sustainability, on sales numbers, on geographic markets > and customer categories ? > > Q2. The god of January has two faces, one looking back and one looking > forward, so... > Juergen, Eric in Japan and practically everybody else > want to know when will the GTA03 phone be released, > if it will have 3G/3.5G, a camera and the kitchen sink. > Can you tell us anything yet ? Where do you want Openmoko to be in December > 2009 ? > > Q3. The mandatory dogfood question was submitted by Yorik Moko: > "Do you use the FreeRunner as your daily phone, which distro > and what is your favorite application ?" > > Q4. Todd would like to know exactly what are your feelings about Android > and its impact on the OpenMoko OS. > > Q5. Kosa and Marco wondered if you could say us something about the > management > that doesn't seem > to be loved by great hackers like Harald and Carsten. For example, what is > your analysis of > the controversies that led Om2008 to ship with Qtopia's predictive keyboard. > > Q6. There are many Openmoko communities in languages other than English now. > Swap38 asks how can they best contribute back to the project, > and if there are plans to organize the diversity around a common model, > as OpenOffice.org did for example. What is the status of the > internationalization > and localization effort ? > > Q7. Let's be reflexive, kind of "we have to talk about our relationship, > dear". > Tilman, supported by Michelle, wonders to which extend the community has met > your expectations. > More precisely, could you name an area where it did not, perhaps > like an application that you would have expected be written already ? > > Q8. On the other hand, Tim and others would like to know > the most interesting or fun thing you have seen the Freerunner used for ? > > Q9. And where do you think could any person do the most for the project right > now? Think of if that person would be ideal and have all the skills needed. > And then, which skills are in most need right now and in the future? > > Q10. To conclude, can we have a video of you in Openmoko T-shirt and geek-cap, > having a phone chat with star hackers, using Neo FreeRunners at both ends, > telling each other your favourite Freerunner joke ? Please ? > > Thanks everybody for taking the time to ask these questions, > and thanks if advance for your replies, > Minh > -- > Attached: All the questions received. > > > > > ___ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community -- -Sean ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Selected questions to Sean
Dear Sean, I received a great number of responses, most containing 3-10 questions. So I cheated a bit, and in this selection of 10 points most are actually multiple questions. Q1. The end of the year is a time to look back on the year achievements. So where does Openmoko stands now from a business point of view ? Could you comment on sustainability, on sales numbers, on geographic markets and customer categories ? Q2. The god of January has two faces, one looking back and one looking forward, so... Juergen, Eric in Japan and practically everybody else want to know when will the GTA03 phone be released, if it will have 3G/3.5G, a camera and the kitchen sink. Can you tell us anything yet ? Where do you want Openmoko to be in December 2009 ? Q3. The mandatory dogfood question was submitted by Yorik Moko: "Do you use the FreeRunner as your daily phone, which distro and what is your favorite application ?" Q4. Todd would like to know exactly what are your feelings about Android and its impact on the OpenMoko OS. Q5. Kosa and Marco wondered if you could say us something about the management that doesn't seem to be loved by great hackers like Harald and Carsten. For example, what is your analysis of the controversies that led Om2008 to ship with Qtopia's predictive keyboard. Q6. There are many Openmoko communities in languages other than English now. Swap38 asks how can they best contribute back to the project, and if there are plans to organize the diversity around a common model, as OpenOffice.org did for example. What is the status of the internationalization and localization effort ? Q7. Let's be reflexive, kind of "we have to talk about our relationship, dear". Tilman, supported by Michelle, wonders to which extend the community has met your expectations. More precisely, could you name an area where it did not, perhaps like an application that you would have expected be written already ? Q8. On the other hand, Tim and others would like to know the most interesting or fun thing you have seen the Freerunner used for ? Q9. And where do you think could any person do the most for the project right now? Think of if that person would be ideal and have all the skills needed. And then, which skills are in most need right now and in the future? Q10. To conclude, can we have a video of you in Openmoko T-shirt and geek-cap, having a phone chat with star hackers, using Neo FreeRunners at both ends, telling each other your favourite Freerunner joke ? Please ? Thanks everybody for taking the time to ask these questions, and thanks if advance for your replies, Minh -- Attached: All the questions received. On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 4:43 PM, Minh Ha Duong wrote: > Dear friends, > > Sean kindly agreed to be interviewed for the next edition of the Community > Update newsletter. I invite every subscriber of this list to post the > question or questions that s-he cares about most. No gloves. The general > topic is "Openmoko, the community, past-present-future", but yours truly will > select with undue care the 3-5 most interesting / provocative / popular / > relevant / funny / whatever and forward them to Sean next Monday. You may > send your questions in this mailing list thread or privately to me. > > Minh ___ VERBATIM OF THE QUESTIONS RECEIVED (Cleaned of greetings, thanks, signatures etc...) ___ 1. From: "Yorick Moko" * It's still more reliable and easy to use a 20EUR cellphone than use the FR as a daily phone, more than six months after Openmoko said it was mass market ready. I love the FR, but should we admit that some things really went wrong? (for example working on a graphical installer app before telephony worked fine, or when everyone was craving for the qwerty button (I never heard even one user who said he didn't want it) and nobody listened? Will things change? *do you use the FR? As your daily phone? Why not? Which distro do you prefer? Which app is your favorite? *how many FR's haven been sold? (if possible some statistics with regards to continents/countries) * _guess_ the ETA of GTA03 * show us a funny pic of you in a openmoko t-shirt and geek-cap ___ 2. From: Tim Dobson What phone is in your pocket right now? What distro is it running? Why? What do you use your phone for the most? What distros have you tried? What other portable consumer electronics do you use on a regular basis? Who in the community, after yourself, deserves praise for their achievements which might otherwise go unnoticed? What is the most pointless application on the Freerunner? What is the most interesting thing you have seen the Freerunner used for? Which is your favourite Freerunner joke? ___ 3. From: Kosa I first know from openmoko reading Harald's Welte blog [1] two years ago, and after some reading I thought Openmoko was a
