> What do you think we should do? Bring the Nokia devices/commercial > agenda also here or keep maemo apart from that? Maemo should work to function and be perceived as an independent organization from Nokia. It should work toward an independent server infrastructure and a governance model that is not solely dependent on Nokia for support. That said, Nokia is the largest contributor to the platform and is doing the most with it, both in terms of open applications and closed applications. Announcing your projects and giving progress updates regarding them (as any other developer would) is important and will be valued by the community. People on the developers list may have more complex opinions about what should happen there, announcements of closed source software don't contribute much to the conversation about how one develops for the platform, but I think any news that relates to the use of the maemo platform is welcome on the Users list. > Almost the same applies to details of a next Internet Tablet OS release > besides the platform and open source related components, that we are > trying to address increasingly through > http://maemo.org/intro/roadmap.html , http://sardine.garage.maemo.org/ , > http://modest.garage.maemo.org/ and other stuff commented through the > maemo-developers mailing list, our blogs aggregated in > http://planet.maemo.org and public presentations like > http://desdeamericaconamor.org/blog/node/369 or Ari Jaaksi's keynote in > http://www.guadec.org/schedule/core (open source lovers and developers, > stay tuned that day). These are great resources, continue to communicate using whatever channels are most appropriate. But it is worth noting that the open source community is accustomed to mailing lists being the authoritative source for news. Whenever possible, it would be good to comment on the list when a piece of information becomes public, along the lines of: There's going to be a demo of the new OS release, including the Skype client, at the Digital Experience show in NYC, check it out if you're in the area. The details and release date still aren't public, but we're running more or less on schedule. See our January press release for the public 'schedule': http://www.nokia.com/A4136001?newsid=1096860 Thanks, Mike Lococo
