On Thu, 2010-03-18 at 13:32 -0500, Samir Faci wrote: > Hmm.. any one know if meego will be completely open source?. >
There's the usual frustration with a lot of press release marketing-speak going around but the short version is that there will be at least a base version of Meego which will be completely open source as well as customizations designed by handheld makers or cellphone providers. "Once we just get going the objective is to have all of the MeeGo platform work fully in public..." "...MeeGo will be a complete yet not entirely productised Linux distribution, it is fully Open Source in code and in process..." "...Still, there are some bumps to be expected: MeeGo is supposed to go beyond its parents in openness. Also...other companies will get involved as open source makes its inroads to device business mainstream. Yet MeeGo operations are expected and designed to be completely transparent - R&D in the public internet! This is still a baffling proposition to many. Some do not want to do it, some do not dare, many do not know how to. We still have a trainload of openness virgins here! Herding the teams to go public will be a big task for [Meego]" " Source: the meego.com blog http://meego.com/community/blogs/valhalla/2010/towards-day-one "Intel and Orange will work to increase the availability of Orange Signature Services, such as Orange TV and Orange Maps, which will be supported by the MeeGo environment..." "...'With the increasing number of phones and operating systems for customers to choose from, it is our role to make sure our customer's journey into this richer mobile multimedia environment is simple and easy,' said Yves Maitre, SVP Devices, Orange Group. 'Our collaboration with Intel on the MeeGo software platform will...[ensure] that customers continue to benefit from a consistent user experience delivered through Orange Signature services, including a customized home-screen'" source http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/intel-orange-collaborate-on-meego-platform-to-deliver-a-new-mobile-multimedia-experience-on-intelr-atomtm-processor-based-devices-86140547.html Dear G-D that url is ugly. Use this instead: http://tinyurl.com/yfsozlw Whether the base version of Meego will be useful enough to an end user will be the big question. What does "a complete yet not entirely productised Linux distribution" mean? Joseph Charpak josephchar...@comcast.net _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
