[maemo-developers] Nokia and MS

[From: Nils Faerber]

Am 14.02.2011 14:27, schrieb Hämäläinen Kimmo:
> On Mon, 2011-02-14 at 13:07 +0100, ext Nils Faerber wrote:
> ...
>>> I am very sceptical about all that and don't really buy that
>>> "redefintion" of MeeGo within Nokia as a "learning platform for future
>>> disruptions". Even if it somehow survives within Nokia as a side project
>>> for geeks, it won't receive serious support, just as Maemo never did.
> 
> I heard Intel is still working on future MeeGo devices.

Sure, I guess they really are but I doubt that any of them will be
picked up by a manufacturer so that John Doe open source developer can
actually buy one in their home country. The first Nokia 770 tablets were
even problematic to get in some areas of the globe.

>> (*) I am unsure how much of Maemo5 Fremantle is still closed. As far as
>> I know it still contains quite some closed source components. A list of
>> closed components would be good to have BTW...
> 
> Here is a list, dunno how up-to-date, though:
> http://wiki.maemo.org/Why_the_closed_packages

Ah, thanks for the pointer! At least a good start!

> -Kimmo
Cheers
  nils

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