>> I honestly don't understand how people can still conscience themselves >> trotting out the "Nokia doesn't get open code" argument after Microb and >> Modest. They are the two premiere apps for the platform and Nokia is >> doing exactly what you suggest in opening them up. > > Because it's a crappy little news reader and people are unhappy with it. > It's been said here more than once. Let the community fix it, that's > what "getting it" means. Releasing something as open source that was > open source in the first place, doesn't count. Microb and Modest which > use webkit/gecko/etc and Tinymail, were open source right from the get > go. On the contrary, working with existing code and contributing upstream whenever possible are very much key indicators of "getting it". And in terms of resource allocation, it takes a lot of work to build an existing application-framework into a usable application on a new platform. Many folks are benefiting from Nokia's work in that direction already, and I happen to feel that they're being very shrewd about where they focus they're energy. I guess we'll have to agree to disagree on this one, with the note that I could certainly get behind Nokia devoting *more* resources to the tablet team so they can take on more projects at once. A team that takes a product from CNET's worst tech list [1] to Amazon's top seller list [2] in a year needs to get whatever they're asking for in terms of hires and money. Thanks, Mike Lococo [1]http://www.news.com/2300-1041_3-6056647-9.html?tag=ne.gall.pg [2]http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1089861
