[maemo-developers] MeeGo

[From: Jean-Christian de Rivaz]

Yves-Alexis Perez a écrit :
> On mer., 2010-02-17 at 22:49 +0000, Carlos Morgado wrote:
>> Honestly, I'll won't even bother with MeeGo 'till I see products and a
>> decent roadmap. Meanwhile Nokia must just change it's mind, buy some GUI
>> toolkit in Java and decide that's the way to go, go back to Symbian or just
>> fold. Nobody knows. 
> 
> You might have missed the part where the first Meego phone won't be a
> Nokia.

I wonder if Nokia have made Maemo precisely to allow Intel to enter the
mobile computer (aka smartphone) business. The ofono project was already
a step in that direction. Now Nokia at the MWC send basically 3 messages:
1) Maemo is no more. Even if it may survive for a last release.
2) The Maemo resulting work is now controlled officially by the Linux
Fundation, but the real power are in the Intel hands.
3) Symbian^3 and Symbian^4 are the future on all foreseeable Nokia products.

My analysis is that the use of QT on Symbian and MeeGo will allow Intel to
use the applications from Nokia and vice versa. So I don't see a need from
Nokia to supply a Linux product line anymore. Now if this is right, Nokia
should have done ofono and Maemo for Intel by expecting something in return.

Regards,
 
Jean-Christian