> Note: Yes, it's a bit melodramatic on the surface, but I think we can all > start to feel the undertow of a lot of political, social and philosophical > movements once again under way globally. I have this uneasy feeling that > our choices around freedom just may have much more significant implications > that we realize right now.
Yes, all off you guys are absolutely right. Its only the temptation to have a fully working product for the same money, pure end user view. But of course that's not what openmoko is about at the current state. Yesterday i was playing with an iPhone and i just thought "It works, very responsive, and the browser is usable, and it has multitouch, and there will be an even better version soon", shiny and complete. Evil temptation of "Do want" ;-) But of course there are all of your arguments, proprietary software just doesn't feel right, it is stained, i'll always be missing something, not only metaphorically due to the political and philosophical constraints and the bad conscience that comes with it - with OSS you have so much more options to get involved in the development of a product and give feedback, also if you are not a programmer, and if you don't give the feedback, someone else will have done it already. The user is the major part of OSS, not a company with marketing ideas is the strong drive behind decisions but the whishes of the people that are using it. Oh, and not to forget the choice - people are not homogenized - "We have created the software this way and this is the right way, you can't dislike it, obey" doesn't happen, hundreds of people create and recreate the software to reflect their individual choice and it's much more likely that one of the choices also comes close to your needs(I love fluxbox for instance). And there is still the option to change it your way if you know how. Well, in the end i guess i'll just wait a few more months and see how openmoko evolves, i don't really need a solution right now, currently it would only be a matter of convenience(Mobile mail, maps, http). In a year i plan to go travelling for a long time and i will really need a mobile communication solution, and the more customizable it is, the better. I hope till then there will be a OSS-solution where i don't have to think quadruple about the drawbacks and compromises(I'm one of those guys that is seeking days for the perfect, minimalistic solution with the least compromises) Regards and thanks for the moral backing Christian _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community