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Paulo Pires wrote:
> Ola,
>
> Ubuntu took time to get where it is and it was heavily funded as it is 
> today.
Ola,
Mmm..I don' t think funding has much to do with it. It has to do with
approach. Ubuntu sees the distribution model  from a different
perspective,completely the opposite from normal business practices ->
Invest heavily (I am not just talking money) in the community side with
the plan on making it an economic asset later. This has generated the
sort of publicity I imagine Nokia would love  and it seems to be working
out financially too  (IBM DB2, Sun  SPARC  support and so on).
This is a good read on Ubuntu's Community strategy:
http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/47
> Ok, things are not as OPEN as some of us expected but I see a lot of 
> good will and a great effort in order to get things alive and kicking.
>
lots of great OSS developers coming onboard too...for sure there is good
effort and goodwill so we need to ask why it sometimes feels like
pulling teeth getting things done
> One thing is for sure, for costumers Nokia 770 will have a longer and 
> heathier life than usual internet tablets/PDAs cause it's a great tool 
> which is getting richer as the time goes by. For OSS hackers, that's 
> another story which only time will solve.. but with good 
> opinions/suggestions/critics, and not flame wars, right? ;-)
you said it ;)
[]'s
Ian

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