[maemo-community] A business case for Maemo

[From: Tim Samoff]

Ah, man... Could have beed maedae.com. I like the pun. ;) (Didn't check to see of the domain was taken, though.)

I need to think about this whole idea a little more before chiming in, but I'm glad to see the discussion!

Tim

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----- Original message -----
> Since actions speak louder than words, I have already begun a process...
>
> I just registered a new domain, maemo-daemons.org (I may take out the
> .net as well). The starting idea is simple: it will be a place for
> any/all of us to present ourselves and our services oriented around
> Maemo. The idea I have is that we will include in our profile paypal
> and/or alternative donation services, to be presented as strictly
> voluntary.
>
> IF this idea takes off, perhaps we could even ultimately have teams and
> structures. The LinkedIn and other APIs could even be leveraged in some
> fashion.
>
> For now this url will associate with my 1and1 windows account (yeah,
> yeah) but I'm open to another host. I will also start on graphics,
> layout ideas, etc.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Randall (Randy) Arnold
> maemo.org community council
> http://tabulacrypticum.wordpress.com/
>
>
>
>
> > ----- Original message -----
> > From: "Dave Neary" <dneary at maemo.org>
> > To: "List for community development" <maemo-community at maemo.org>
> > Subject: Re: A business case for Maemo
> > Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:12:23 +0200
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have recently talked to some people who are interested in Mer and/or
> > Maemo as an alternative to Poky Linux as a "get started" platform for
> > ARM, but right now they don't know who to engage to get professional
> > support for it. I'm not suggesting people go gung-ho into it, but there
> > is a market for people who know embedded linux well, and who can cover
> > the gamut of things that people need from it - including adding
> hardware
> > support, integration in terms of a distribution, and development of
> > vertical applications.
> >
> > Other possibilities exist - Maemo 4 and Maemo 5 are mostly free, and I
> > am sure that Nokia would be delighted to see Maemo 5 develop
> > independently as a Hildon + Clutter-based "GNOME MID edition", if there
> > were some developers willing to take over support & replace the
> > proprietary bits with either open bits or different proprietary bits
> > from other partners, and have (say) a Maemo based Archos or whatnot.
> >
> > And there are opportunities for people who provide quality services on
> > free software stacks - be it through maintaining a library & doing
> > custom development, or developing & delivering high-quality training
> > material that people want to learn.
> >
> > I came across this wiki page today when tidying some stuff up:
> > http://wiki.maemo.org/Companies_in_Maemo_development - there are
> others,
> > of course, but this list more or less didn't exist at all 5 years ago -
> > showing you that there are already collective opportunities out there,
> > and the Maemo community may well be the place to advertise your
> > Maemo-related services.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Dave.
> >
> > Randall Arnold wrote:
> > > I started thinking about this before the Summit and it really gelled
> > > for me in Amsterdam, sharing excitement and energy with everyone
> > > there:
> > >
> > > There are so many unemployed and underemployed people in this
> > > community, and so much potential with Maemo. Maybe it's time at
> > > least some of us consider creating a global, virtual cooperative with
> > > common goals and find some way to make a living at what we enjoy.
> > >
> > > While at Nokia I found myself driving to work every day (especially
> > > at the factory) thinking "I can't wait to get to work and get back on
> > > the project waiting for me there!". As crazy as it sounds, I was
> > > constantly engaged while employed with them and despitre the
> > > occasional frustrations really, really loved working there.
> > >
> > > My current job inspires no such excitement... but being around you
> > > guys and experiencing the thrill of discovery with the N900 made me
> > > realize THAT is where I want to be.
> > >
> > > So... am I the only one thinking like this? Is it "wrong" to want to
> > > wrap a career around Maemo device support? And if it isn't, what
> > > value could a potential virtual team provide?
> > >
> > > Just looking to brainstorm for now,
> > >
> > > Randy
> > >
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