quim,<br><br>I obviously think Nokia can support my project.<br><br>At present liqbase is a usable beta quality application (which just got added to extras after an extensive testing run), but I believe it could be so much more.<br>
<br>I have spent the last 6 months putting together the building blocks of an expansive project with one simple goal: to make our tablets shine!<br><br>It has grown into something which I am proud to use and to show to friends and which has features and abilities a lot of people thought would require new hardware to run.<br>
<br>Its been (very) hard work so far, and has a lot of the seeds required to make full use of not just what we have now but also to expand into what we will get in the future (mantra: better camera.. better camera..)<br><br>
I already think (and so do many beta testers) that liqbase is a killer application, I pull it out and use it 20 times a day for such mundane things that I am constantly surprised at :)<br><br>it is a consuming project and I have run out of time, I have ignored my family and I have drained myself physically.<br>
<br>I cannot continue to build liqbase at night as a hobby, I have never built anything as large as this before and need help.<br><br>I therefore ask Nokia publically and officially to allow me to extend this project both technically and financially.<br>
<br>I am not a business man and I do not have the management experience to fully understand the metrics of the numerous directions liqbase can take, but know with a team around me we can make this work.<br><br>Gary<br><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 8:02 AM, Quim Gil <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:quim.gil@nokia.com">quim.gil@nokia.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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ext Frantisek Dufka wrote:<br>
> Quim Gil wrote:<br>
>> I'm a bit surprised about the little discussion generated by our call to<br>
>> support cool projects.<br>
>><br>
>> Was the call so casual that it ended up being unclear?<br>
>><br>
><br>
> Well, to me it is a bit unclear how Nokia could help to specific<br>
> projects. IMO all developers will benefit from<br>
><br>
> - early SDK release(s) and documentation<br>
<br>
</div>See timeline at <a href="http://wiki.maemo.org/Task:Maemo_roadmap/Fremantle" target="_blank">http://wiki.maemo.org/Task:Maemo_roadmap/Fremantle</a><br>
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> - somewhat accurate device emulation or developer device program (with<br>
> devices reaching developer hands before end users)<br>
<br>
</div>We are doing our best in the emulation front.<br>
<br>
Access to hardware before sales start is expensive and highly regulated.<br>
Nokia provides such access business-as-usual to certain developers,<br>
usually through commercial or research agreements with private or public<br>
organizations. Doing the same for individuals or small groups without a<br>
legal entity is something we could do in Maemo. But you see our point of<br>
working with a selected list of projects beforehand.<br>
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> - in general as much information as possible preferably to everyone<br>
<br>
</div>Sure, I don't think information to everyone is the problem.<br>
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> If we get this then no special help may be needed.<br>
<br>
</div>Then how do you explain that so many promising community projects fail<br>
in the last mile (or before)? Some developers look for more time, some<br>
projects look for certain skills, some look for more testing, more<br>
feedback, more help...<br>
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<br>
>> What kind of support? Whatever those cool projects under development<br>
>> need to be stable and exciting for real users. You tell us and we will<br>
>> do our best helping you.<br>
><br>
> Do you have anything specific on your mind? What kind of help Nokia<br>
> expects to provide in this support project? Does it include @<a href="http://nokia.com" target="_blank">nokia.com</a><br>
> developers who will help with porting specific code to newer OS? I guess<br>
> not.<br>
<br>
</div>Why not. Surely the work wouldn't be done by the Maemo SW developers<br>
busy stabilizing Fremantle, but why not funding someone else to work on<br>
that.<br>
<br>
Don't guess, propose!<br>
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--<br>
Quim Gil<br>
marketing manager, open source<br>
Maemo Software @ Nokia<br>
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