Well you cannot compare things like an open-source OS (Linux) and its bundled tools as a distro (Ubuntu) to something like Nokia 770 (hardware device). Now if we're talking about comparing the way Ubuntu works to how IT200xOS works, that's another thing.. ;-)
<br><br>-Paulo Pires<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/30/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">vern</b> <<a href="mailto:vern@riseup.net">vern@riseup.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Paulo Pires wrote:<br>> Ola,<br>><br>> Ubuntu took time to get where it is and it was heavily funded as it is<br>> today.<br>Ola,<br>Mmm..I don' t think funding has much to do with it. It has to do with<br>approach. Ubuntu sees the distribution model from a different
<br>perspective,completely the opposite from normal business practices -><br>Invest heavily (I am not just talking money) in the community side with<br>the plan on making it an economic asset later. This has generated the
<br>sort of publicity I imagine Nokia would love and it seems to be working<br>out financially too (IBM DB2, Sun SPARC support and so on).<br>This is a good read on Ubuntu's Community strategy:<br><a href="http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/47">
http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/47</a><br>> Ok, things are not as OPEN as some of us expected but I see a lot of<br>> good will and a great effort in order to get things alive and kicking.<br>><br>lots of great OSS developers coming onboard too...for sure there is good
<br>effort and goodwill so we need to ask why it sometimes feels like<br>pulling teeth getting things done<br>> One thing is for sure, for costumers Nokia 770 will have a longer and<br>> heathier life than usual internet tablets/PDAs cause it's a great tool
<br>> which is getting richer as the time goes by. For OSS hackers, that's<br>> another story which only time will solve.. but with good<br>> opinions/suggestions/critics, and not flame wars, right? ;-)<br>you said it ;)
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