Re: Linux on ARM tablets?

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On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Rahul Sundaram <metherid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The only people who can realistically target tablets are the ones with
> commercial backing and a business plan. ÂIt is not a market where a
> volunteer community can easily thrive in. ÂIt requires custom built
> kernels, Âpatching all over the stack etc and since Red Hat is not
> interested, Âit is unlikely to happen IMO.

If you shoot down the idea from the start, obviously it wonÂt happen.

I think a team of 4-5 people could buy the 2 or 3 most popular tablet
models, or at least the ones getting the most press reports (IÂd stay
away from Apple)... HP, RIM, Samsung, and build Fedore for those.

For me, itÂd be a good promotion for the OS and brand mindshare, even
if the firm doesnÂt directly make money of it. Hint: provide a
"donations" button.

And one day, if the project makes good progress, tablet makers might
even decide to preload Fedora on their tablets as an option, and THEN
RedHat can charge the firm for support and continued development.

But nothing of this would happen until someone does the first step...

FC
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