[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Wonderful device from Nokia...

[From: Lorn Potter]

On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 8:10 pm, Mattias Schlenker wrote:

> I assume that Nokia did precise analysis on the points of failure of the
> Zaurus' acceptance. A fork of Maemo would be absolutely

The Zaurus is the most popular pda in Japan. It is not a failure. Only in 
western markets where Sharp did not exactly market, or support  this 
correctly, did it "fail". 

> counterproductive for both sides: developers focusing on the free fork
> would end up with unpolished applications and Nokia would have to invest
> (wo)manpower in backporting apps from the forked environment to satisfy
> customers. Thus integrating the community early (and pampering us with
> developer devices) is a clever move.

Forking in and of itself is not a ticket to failure. Lacking proper support 
from the manufature is a ticket to failure.



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