Hi, Rudolf Streif wrote:
> I also find it interesting that the author states "God help any > corporation that relies on open source to deliver the goods quickly." > but later claims "Android is the future. There isn't any question." > Android may not be open-source itself but it it most certainly built on it. The implication, of course, is that Android is not run as an open source project, which is true. Android is run as a proprietary platform distributed mostly with an open source licence. This certainly gives it some extra leverage in the marketplace, because OEMs can go & look at the guts & change stuff if they need to, but avoids all the perceived pitfalls of open source development - the bikeshed discussions, the long decision making process in projects run on consensus, the inability to get future commitment on almost anything... But all those disadvantages are not inherent in open source development. They are incidental in projects that do not have strong leadership and good community processes. So of course by ensuring we have good community processes and good, strong leadership, we can avoid them all :) > ...it is not worth wasting any energy on > responding to such articles since there will be many more but the energy > is better utilized to deliver on MeeGo's vision. I agree. Cheers, Dave. -- maemo.org docsmaster Email: dne...@maemo.org Jabber: bo...@jabber.org _______________________________________________ MeeGo-community mailing list MeeGo-community@meego.com http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-community
