Quim Gil wrote: > Hi, > > ext Jason Edgecombe wrote: > >> To all of those who have complained about the tablets in this thread and >> elsewhere, I direct you to a recent post on the maemo developers list: >> http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-developers/2008-May/017624.html >> > > There is only one reason why I posted that email in the developers list > and not here: focus on the things we can change easier. > > Look at this list: > > 1. maemo.org features > 2. developer relevant stuff > 3. open source platform components > 4. Nokia closed source platform components > 5. Nokia developed applications > 6. 3rd party apps officially supported > 7. Drivers depending on 3rd party hardware > 8. Hardware choices and design > > It's quite improvised so don't look at it like carved on stone. > > 1 is where the community has more chances to decide on things. In fact, > specially after funding time from community people like Niels (web > apps), Dave (web content) and Andre/Karsten (to be announced soon as > bugmasters) the initiative and possibility of improving relies more and > more on your side. maemo.org is for you and if you are happy with > feature X or change Y Nokia is probably happy too. The website is for > the community and the community knows what they need and want. > > 8 is where the community has little to no chances for any direct change. > Not even the average Nokia software developer and ******* manager like > myself has much to say. It's just a different game. Of course > suggestions and complaints are appreciated and followed but, really, the > average commenter has little knowledge on the process and the factors > that involve hardware design and manufacturing. Besides, changes happen > in very different time frames and all the information is really > sensitive in multiple ways. It's good to keep providing feedback and we > are happing organizing the right placeholder in maemo.org to be followed > by the right people at Nokia (they do listen customers, and a lot). But > don't expect them to come here and discuss. > > 2-7 are the intermediate levels of possibility to discuss openly and > make common decision in real time. The third party stuff depends mostly > on, well, the third parties. They are also interested on feedback but > each case differs. They use to have their own feedback channels so it is > also up to you to use which one or both. > > Many (most?) debates in maemo-users and Internet Tablet Talk go around > 5-8, while in maemo-developers the hottest potatoes tend to fit in 1-4. > Understand this list and why it is like this, and your input and chances > to get your feedback implemented in future official releases will increase. > > Please give a go to this list, suggest what is missing and criticize > what you don't like. Once it's stable we can put it somewhere visible so > people willing to provide feedback in maemo.org, ITT and elsewhere are > aware of this basic (and hopefully understandable) rule of the game. > > Thank you! > Quim, I wanted to thank you for all of your hard work. I'm sorry if I was out of line in posting that message to the users list. I just wanted to focus the complaints in a more positive direction. I would also like to apologize to Mark for quoting him when he wasn't one of the complainers. Sincerely, Jason _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
