[maemo-developers] Nokia and MS

[From: Jeremiah C. Foster]

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 09:01:23PM +0100, Klaus Umbach wrote:
> On 11.02.11 13:25, Demetris wrote:
> > 
> > How does this affect the future of Maemo on Nokia's devices?
> 
> Maemo is dead and Meego will die, too.

Don't be so sure. MeeGo is a set of vertical Linux distros. There are
other phone manufacturers interested in the Handset vertical, car 
companies in the IVI vertical, and there is some serious traction in 
the TV vertical. MeeGo is hosted at the Linux Foundation, so it has
nothing to do with Nokia in the end. 

This Nokia Microsoft hookup was designed to take the wind out of the
sails of MeeGo, it is a serious contender to WinCE and Windows Phone.
 
> Although Maemo is the plattform, that suits my personal needs best of all,
> I lost hope, there will be a successor to my N900. I think I just give up
> and get an android-phone with a keyboard and learn Java...

heh, then you'll be party to the Oracle lawsuit. Plus, there are other 
languages you can use on Android aside from the Dalvik Java dialect.
 
> Even if the community supports Maemo/Meego, there will be no new hardware
> and one day my n900 will be broken... 

Nokia claims to be releasing a MeeGo device this year.
 
> Why will Meego die? Because Intel doesn't care! They want to sell Hardware,
> and will use Android, too.

Don't be silly. Intel has to _compete_ with Android - Android doesn't run on
x86 hardware! MeeGo is Intel's embedded OS, and they are spending 100 million
US to support just the IVI vertical. I think you're barking up the wrong tree
here. 
 
> This is a sad day for us, but at least a happy day for the Egyptions! (the
> term "Maemobarak" just came to my mind, but doesn't really make sense...)

w00t!

Jeremiah