[maemo-developers] BECOMEROOT

[From: Ian Lawrence]

Hi,

>  Another reason why N800 etc software doesn't work on 770 is
>  hardware constraints.  Less RAM, Flash and older OMAP version.
>  I.e. "unfortunately" both HW and SW move forward...

Whilst this may be true it also highlights something else. More recent
software was never really *planned* to be running on a 770. Maybe if
this had been considered at the time some of the HW and SW effects
could have been ameliorated to some extent. ?
Perhaps this has its origins in Nokia being a mobile phone company and
not an Ubuntu or Red Hat or <insert_linux_distro> type of company.
Mobile phones are often seen as disposable/throw away items so support
for backwards compatibility was not seen as crucial (either to profits
or the users experience). Unix/Linux hackers and power users
(especially those working in low and resource constrained embedded
environments) do not think in the same way [1] (at least in my
experience) so there is a certain disconnect involved.
Maybe it is just the price we are paying for a more mainstream
acceptance of Linux which companies like Nokia can bring but in any
case it is certainly a pretty 'current' topic of conversation [2]

Regards
Ian

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy
[2] http://www.linux.com/feature/132203
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