<div>Ola,<br><br>Ubuntu took time to get where it is and it was heavily
funded as it is today. I believe Nokia 770 will get much further
(comparing to its current state) with time too. Ok, things are not as
OPEN as some of us expected but I see a lot of good will and a great
effort in order to get things alive and kicking.
<br><br>One thing is for sure, for costumers Nokia 770 will have a
longer and heathier life than usual internet tablets/PDAs cause it's a
great tool which is getting richer as the time goes by. For OSS
hackers, that's another story which only time will solve.. but with
good opinions/suggestions/critics, and not flame wars, right? ;-)
<br></div><div><span class="sg"><br>-Paulo Pires</span></div><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;">Ola,<br>[Obs: I think the correct list for this to go to would be<br>maemo-community but since that is not an option on
<br><a href="http://www.maemo.org/community/mailing-lists.html">http://www.maemo.org/community/mailing-lists.html</a> I am posting here]<br>[Obs2: This is intended as constructive criticism. Any other inference<br>was not my intent]
<br><br>Creating a strong and vibrant community around the 770 would be good for<br>everyone,right. Compared to some other 'corporate' efforts<br><a href="http://port25.technet.com/default.aspx">http://port25.technet.com/default.aspx
</a> (Anonymous comments have been<br>disabled due to feedback from site visitors) ;), Nokia are doing OK .<br>Compared to the community effort around Ubuntu , Nokia are doing really<br>badly.<br><br>This is because at the start of its 'openness', Nokia lacked an
<br>understanding of OSS hackers.<br>To a big business the bottom line is profit and control. If you have<br>control of your products,teams and users you can invest in the latest<br>technology and be relevant. Any kind of strategy is usually product
<br>and/or accounts orientated, which means input from development,<br>financing and marketing departments.<br>As such the frescuras (sorry , there is no English word for this), make<br>up and feelings of a wide ranging group of OSS Hackers, came way down
<br>the list of priorities.<br><br>This needs to change. Some good things to think about, I think, would be:<br><br>Moving away from the 'working on the product (which is hidden under a<br>sheet in warehouse 2) which we roll out to the community on
<br>{insert_date}' for contributions type of OSS development that still<br>happens at Nokia .<br>Make us (the community) feel that suggestions/criticism's are listened<br>to and *acted* on if necessary.<br>Where is the user submitted artwork,themes. I submit my artwork where?
<br>The planet <a href="http://planet.maemo.org/">http://planet.maemo.org/</a> needs some love and attention to say<br>the least<br>When doing anything concerning Nokia and Open Source ask -><br>Why should the community get excited about this, write quality code for
<br>it , blog about it and work insanely long hours (for free) doing so<br>(these ideas are lifted directly from Ubuntu)<br>Create a Community Council which governs the evolution of the community<br>Create a Code of Conduct which covers the behaviour from community
<br>members in any kind of communication, electronic or in real life<br><br><br>HTH<br>[]'s<br>Ian<br><br> .''`.<br> : :' :<br> `. `'`<br> `- Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS to set it on,
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