Ari reply: <http://jaaksi.blogspot.com/> -- Aniello On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 8:15 PM, tanguyr <tanguyr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I'm with you: i put a grand and a half of nokia products in my pocket every > day (n95 8gb + n810 + bluetooth gps, headset, headphones, etc) and nokia can > kiss me and my gadget budget goodbye unless i get what i want: a phone that > behaves like my laptop, on which i can install any app i want (open or > closed source, free or commericial), for which i can write real first class > apps (not python scripts) which i can distribute to thers without having to > jump through stupid "signing" hoops. I'm not a hippy: i'm willing to PAY for > this, and i'm sick and tired of marketroids telling me why i can't have it > (the carriers won't allow it. the manufacturers won't allow it. it's for > your own good, just bend over and spread 'em). The n810 had me fooled - i > dreamed of a world where nokia realized the futility of fighting the iPhone > by slapping a layer of touch-screen lipstick on the symbian pig. > > Guess that pig's more of a cash cow than i thought. > > > > On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 7:47 PM, mathew <meta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Aniello Del Sorbo wrote: >> > I think that what Ari wanted too say is that Nokia and the industry in >> > general is not YET ready to work the way the open source community >> > wants them to. >> > >> Well, goodbye then Nokia. We'll all switch to OpenMoko or Android. >> >> > I read his wording this way: "we want to listen and we are listening >> > and actually even doing steps towards those open source rules. But the >> > community asks too much and too fast. >> > We listen and act. You do the same." >> > >> >> I don't buy DRM-crippled media and won't buy a phone I can't unlock and >> do what I want with. If that means I never buy another Nokia phone, so >> be it. >> >> I loved my Nokia back in the 90s, but the company really lost its way, >> producing a succession of really lousy "fashion" phone designs that were >> totally impractical, and failing to realize that quad band and Bluetooth >> were de rigeur for a business phone. I thought the N series showed that >> they had gotten a clue, but this stupid comment--by their VP of open >> source, no less--really has me wondering. >> >> >> mathew >> _______________________________________________ >> maemo-users mailing list >> maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx >> https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > > > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > > -- anidel _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
