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class=428580115-07122009>Hi Randy: </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=428580115-07122009>Glad you were able to make it and we really appreciate
your's, code177's, and epage's participation and presentation at the
event. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=428580115-07122009>I spoke to some commercial developers at the feedback
session on Friday and they told me that now that they have more info about the
maemo community, they will definitely check out how the community can help with
their development and vice versa. So hopefully this was a good
way to enhance the partnership of the community and the commercial
developers.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=428580115-07122009>Thanks, </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=428580115-07122009>Daphne</SPAN></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> ext Randall Arnold [mailto:texrat@ovi.com]
<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 05, 2009 10:07 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Maemo
Community<BR><B>Cc:</B> Won Daphne.1 (Nokia-D/MtView); eopage@byu.net; Blake
Jonathan; Gil Quim (Nokia-D/Helsinki); Walker Ashley (Nokia-FNDC/MtView);
Loughney John (Nokia-D/MtView); Agarwal Samir (Nokia-D/MtView); Gorree Tim
(Nokia-IT/Espoo); Schneider Peter (Nokia-D/Helsinki)<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: RE:
Invitation to Maemo developer event in California<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Greetings all!<BR><BR>Many thanks to the Maemo team for really
stepping up in the Maemo Developer event this past week in Santa Clara
California. Everyone with whom I spoke was really enthused at the
opportunity to learn more, share ideas and realize they were being fully engaged
by Nokia. This event was a true sign of positive progress for both the
open source and commercial communities!<BR><BR>Some takeaways:<BR><BR>- Nokia
understands the concerns expressed by individual contributors who want to find
success in Ovi Store. No fine details to reveal at this time but be
encouraged by the fact that they are listening! New member code177
expressed gratitude at the chance to get his needs in front of people willing to
listen. He is also appreciated for volunteering to be the lightning rod
here. ; )<BR><BR>- Nokia is receptive to the "gotchas" that have been hot
topics in talk.maemo.org. Particularly, support for feedback, donationware
and app testing functionality on the device. After some really stimulating
discussion I corralled the ideas into what I think is an actionable plan to
accomodate these wants and needs. More on that soon in Brainstorm and on
my blog (so subscribe to the latter!).<BR><BR>- I was particularly relieved and
excited to hear Ashley Walker's (Forum Nokia) support for local events in the
US. Details need to be hashed out but I feel now that the push for this is
no longer stalled. As with most things, it was simply a matter of
navigating the Nokia matrix and connecting with the right facilitator! So
I will begin a little recon work and report back when some plans are
formed.<BR><BR>I commend Quim for having the foresight to get maemo.org into the
mix. The contributions by code177 and epage (Dialcentral guy!) were
invaluable.<BR><BR>In summary, I came away confident that open source and
commercial interests in the Maemo ecosystem need not necessarily collide but can
collude. I am beginning to see Nokia's longterm strategy in this space
bear fruit now and offer solid promise going forward. Let's maintain the
momentum, think positive and not let any roadblocks stand for long!<BR><BR>More
info soon!<BR><BR>As always, your community council is your bridge to
Nokia. Take advantage of us! ; )<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR><BR><SPAN
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