[maemo-developers] maemo through VMware

[From: Jason Mills]

I can be your at-VMware contact, since I'm now directly focused on Virtual
Appliances (i.e., prepackaged VMs etc...).
 
 
By "VMware support" in this particular context, I read it as
 
  "Virtual Appliance to run on top of VMware virtualization products and
geared towards Maemo platform development"
 
 
-JMills (Nokia 770)



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	From: maemo-developers-bounces at maemo.org
[mailto:maemo-developers-bounces at maemo.org] On Behalf Of quim.gil at nokia.com
	Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 9:42 PM
	To: maemo-developers at maemo.org
	Subject: maemo through VMware
	
	

	It would be good to have al the maemo-through-VMware interested
focused in a single direction. There is interest enough to make this happen
in a reliable way but some coordination is needed. 

	Nokia is not in the best position to lead this even if we support the
idea and want to see it happening. The reason is that Nokia checks all the
software released in their products and offers a guarantee on them. Perhaps
we can circunvent rules (to be analyzed) but the default setting would imply
that Nokia would be stamping a seal on a whole Ubuntu distribution (read
hundreds of packages) which is totally out of the scope (and feasibility).

	We are happy seeing an official maemo release inside a VMware
envelop. If it's proven to work and be regularly maintained and supported we
would give it officious treatment. With identified and reliable speakers we
could help having the new versions in good shape right after a new maemo
release. 

	It looks like all the ingredients are present already in the maemo
community. With some images already out there, a placeholder like
https://garage.maemo.org/projects/maemovmware/
<https://garage.maemo.org/projects/maemovmware/>  , contributors identified,
some coordination and an agreed plan the "VMware support" present in the
http://maemo.org/intro/roadmap.html <http://maemo.org/intro/roadmap.html>
could be pushed forward with a (community) tag and our explicit backing.

	Quim 

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