On Oct 29, 2008, at 11:45 AM, hendrik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 09:11:19AM -0600, Denis Dimick wrote: > >> So the worst case here; Nokia drops out of the Linux market, or >> reduces >> their support for older hardware platforms. >> >> Since the software is open source, > > except for the close-source binary-blob drivers that drive the > proprietary chips. Yes, I think the correct approach is for not necessarily for Nokia to actively maintain releases for old hardware all the way back to the beginning, but to remove as many blockers as possible to the community maintaining releases for old hardware. An open source wifi driver for the N8x0 removed a huge blocker towards community support for this generation of hardware, as it means we can update the kernel without relying on getting updated binary blobs. This discussion has been had many times before, though, so I suggest anybody interested visit the mailing list archives. -- Ryan Abel Maemo Community Council chair _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
