Sorry if this double posted guys. I was having issues with Gmail. Well, usually companies like these have huge "firewalls" before you hit someone with a respectable IQ. Though, their phones are slightly more vulnerable. So, who is up to calling them? If I had some amount of donations, I would be willing to create two 800 numbers that redirect to the two known smediatech numbers. The rates would be $0.0415/minute.
Additionally snail mail is useful, because it creates a pain in the ass for whoever is filtering the mail. I don't know if there is a Taiwainese equivalent of the BBB, but if there is, please chime in. Other ideas: -Google bomb the name "Smediatech" to something nasty [like a page about how smedia sucks] -Just a general web page about smedia's suckage. Remember guys, stay legal. On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 12:43 PM, Yogiz <yog...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I really like this idea. I know we can contact Openmoko and sign the >> NDA to get the data sheet, but it seems to negate the point of free >> software for me (everything being open and developing as a >> community). Here >> http://lists.openmoko.org/nabble.html#nabble-td1505667i40 Wolfgang >> Spraul feels promises were broken in regards to opening >> documentation- so our letters of complaint would be valid. If enough >> pissed off people write in, would they open up the specs? > > Actually, they will probably just delete your e-mails and trash your > mails. I tried: > > On Tue, 5 Aug 2008 20:37:27 +0300 > **** <*...@****.****> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I'm writing on this address only because it was the only e-mail >> contact I found on your site. If it's possible for you to forward it >> to a more relevant department (management, engineering, design, ...) >> then please do so. >> >> My questions regard your Glamo 3362 chip that is used in my new phone >> - Neo Freerunner. I'm wondering on the constraints that you have set >> on the documentation concerning this chip. As you probably know, >> Openmoko is all about freedom, both in software and hardware. This has >> managed the company to draw a considerable community around it, many >> members of it quite skilled in both software and hardware development. >> I'm not kidding myself with hoping you to make your hardware >> completely open but I would really care for letting the community >> have access to the documentation. As I've understood, your >> documentation is only available under heavy NDA and can thus only be >> accessed by Openmoko employees. For that reason the potential of your >> hardware remains largely unused. There are many new ideas that could >> be made work on the chip and quite a lot of problems that could >> easily be engineered around if we only had the means to. >> Unfortunately this is too big of a job for the Openmoko team to do by >> themselves (which is probably why they decided to abandon the Glamo >> chip for the next version of Freerunner - GTA03). This is why I ask >> if there is a possibility the Glamo documentation will be released to >> the public. What are the problems you expect following this potential >> action? What are the reasons the documentation has been kept secret >> for the time being? >> >> I would be most grateful if you could reply to these few questions and >> consider my points for a minute. I'm sure respecting and trusting your >> customers would open up a completely new market for your exellent >> hardware. >> >> I hope to hear from you soon, >> **** **** > > I did not receive a reply and reminded them two weeks later. Still > haven't got a reply. You're welcome to try though. Perhaps they'll give > in once enough of a number contacts them. > > Yogiz > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community