> It seems to me from my former-product-mananger perspective that OpenMoko > doesn't really want to be in the software business. > > I'm sensing a business model that has OpenMoko focussing on selling > general-purpose computing hardware (like Dell or ASUS). but in a handheld > format, and letting the "community" or some third party (like > Trolltech/Nokia) deal with the software issues, for the most part. > > Obviously they need to ship the phone with *something*, so they're betting on > Qtopia-over-X11, which seems a solidly good choice. > > The one very big problem with this model, is that Dell and ASUS have very > mature, end-user-ready software suites (Ubuntu, Windoze, etc.) to ship with > their hardware or for users to add on their own, and the OpenMoko doesn't > really have that yet. > > This will get sorted out though. I'd bet on about two years from now it'll > all be squared away. > > -ken > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Hey Ken, Hey Community, this is also my interpretation, Openmoko is trying only to to open up a building site, *WE* have to build our houses and factories, anybody expecting more than infrastructure is still bound to products before NEO and before Openmoko. freeyourphone.de _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
