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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">It would be good to have al the maemo-through-VMware interested focused in a single direction. There is interest enough to make this happen in a reliable way but some coordination is needed. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Nokia is not in the best position to lead this even if we support the idea and want to see it happening. The reason is that Nokia checks all the software released in their products and offers a guarantee on them. Perhaps we can circunvent rules (to be analyzed) but the default setting would imply that Nokia would be stamping a seal on a whole Ubuntu distribution (read hundreds of packages) which is totally out of the scope (and feasibility).</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">We are happy seeing an official maemo release inside a VMware envelop. If it's proven to work and be regularly maintained and supported we would give it officious treatment. With identified and reliable speakers we could help having the new versions in good shape right after a new maemo release. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">It looks like all the ingredients are present already in the maemo community. With some images already out there, a placeholder like </FONT><A HREF="https://garage.maemo.org/projects/maemovmware/"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">https://garage.maemo.org/projects/maemovmware/</FONT></U></A><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> , contributors identified, some coordination and an agreed plan the "VMware support" present in the </FONT><A HREF="http://maemo.org/intro/roadmap.html"><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://maemo.org/intro/roadmap.html</FONT></U></A><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> could be pushed forward with a (community) tag and our explicit backing.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Quim</FONT>
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