Re: [MeeGo-community] Nudging the Community Device Program

2010-12-08 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, Andrew Flegg wrote: Indeed, I wasn't suggesting that it was insurmountable; just that each vendor will want to enter into a device programme to get something in return. The things they want in return will vary (I guess) depending on the end-user readiness of the boards; their involvement

Re: [MeeGo-community] Nudging the Community Device Program

2010-12-08 Thread Randall Arnold
- Original message - From: Dave Neary‎ dne...@maemo.org To: Andrew Flegg‎ and...@bleb.org cc: Randall Arnold‎ tex...@ovi.com, MeeGo community‎ meego-community@meego.com Subject: Re: [MeeGo-community] Nudging the Community Device Program Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 11:35:18 +0100

Re: [MeeGo-community] Nudging the Community Device Program

2010-12-08 Thread Quim Gil
On Wed, 2010-12-08 at 11:35 +0100, ext Dave Neary wrote: My least favourite methods (because lowest ROI as far as I can tell) are giveaways where either (a) all attendees at a conference/session get a device Same here. This has been an interesting approach for a while but it is not

Re: [MeeGo-community] Nudging the Community Device Program

2010-12-08 Thread Randall Arnold
- Original message - From: Quim Gil‎ quim@nokia.com To: ext Dave Neary‎ dne...@maemo.org cc: MeeGo community‎ meego-community@meego.com Subject: Re: [MeeGo-community] Nudging the Community Device Program Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 09:53:42 -0800 On Wed, 2010-12-08 at 11:35

Re: [MeeGo-community] Nudging the Community Device Program

2010-12-08 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, Quim Gil wrote: Same here. This has been an interesting approach for a while but it is not sustainable. Some reasons: snip some good reasons It also results in a lot of unused/underused hardware. On the other hand it is convenient to take some advantage from events, since in one go

Re: [MeeGo-community] Nudging the Community Device Program

2010-12-07 Thread Andrew Flegg
On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 23:42, Randall Arnold tex...@ovi.com wrote: 1) Device providers would agree to a single conduit/point-of-contact in MeeGo community (preferrably Linux Foundation employee) to manage devices provided exclusively to MeeGo community under the auspices of a MeeGo Device

Re: [MeeGo-community] Nudging the Community Device Program

2010-12-07 Thread Andrew Flegg
On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 19:18, Randall Arnold tex...@ovi.com wrote: I don't see anything in those comments that is a show-stopper for the Linux Foundation fronting the program.  As I mentioned earlier in this thread, there's no 'one size fits all' so any program, even if run as a proxy for all

Re: [MeeGo-community] Nudging the Community Device Program

2010-12-06 Thread Quim Gil
On Thu, 2010-12-02 at 17:22 -0800, ext Foster, Dawn M wrote: Intel and Nokia will, of course, want to put some budget together to contribute our devices into the program :) Since Nokia produces devices, usually what Nokia does is to provide them to developers (instead of funds) being

Re: [MeeGo-community] Nudging the Community Device Program

2010-12-06 Thread Randall Arnold
- Original message - From: Quim Gil‎ quim@nokia.com To: ext Foster, Dawn M‎ dawn.m.fos...@intel.com cc: Randall Arnold‎ tex...@ovi.com, MeeGo community‎ meego-community@meego.com Subject: Re: [MeeGo-community] Nudging the Community Device Program Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:19

Re: [MeeGo-community] Nudging the Community Device Program

2010-12-03 Thread Jayabharath, Goluguri
- Meego-dev as per Dawn's suggestion. On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 7:37 PM, Randall Arnold tex...@ovi.com wrote: Jay, what I mean is, are all devices coming from a single pool and available to any/all applicants, or might there be a certain number allotted specifically to the MeeGo community? I

Re: [MeeGo-community] Nudging the Community Device Program

2010-12-03 Thread Dave Neary
Hi, a.gra...@gmail.com wrote: On 3 December 2010 00:40, Randall Arnold tex...@ovi.com wrote: Now that we have a nice offer from TI to get Pandaboards into the hands of developers [1] it's time as Quim suggested to get serious about the Community Device Program [2]. I will repost some of the

[MeeGo-community] Nudging the Community Device Program

2010-12-02 Thread Randall Arnold
Now that we have a�nice offer from TI to get Pandaboards into the hands of developers [1] it's time as Quim suggested to get serious about the Community Device Program [2].� I will repost some of the wiki content here followed by my thoughts and questions: Overview * Community members will

Re: [MeeGo-community] Nudging the Community Device Program

2010-12-02 Thread a.gra...@gmail.com
Hi, On 3 December 2010 00:40, Randall Arnold tex...@ovi.com wrote: Now that we have a nice offer from TI to get Pandaboards into the hands of developers [1] it's time as Quim suggested to get serious about the Community Device Program [2].  I will repost some of the wiki content here followed

Re: [MeeGo-community] Nudging the Community Device Program

2010-12-02 Thread Randall Arnold
- Original message - From: a.gra...@gmail.com‎ a.gra...@gmail.com To: Randall Arnold‎ tex...@ovi.com cc: MeeGo community‎ meego-community@meego.com, MeeGo Dev List‎ meego-...@meego.com Subject: Re: [MeeGo-community] Nudging the Community Device Program Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 02

Re: [MeeGo-community] Nudging the Community Device Program

2010-12-02 Thread Foster, Dawn M
On Dec 2, 2010, at 5:11 PM, Randall Arnold wrote: - Original message - From: a.gra...@gmail.com‎ a.gra...@gmail.com To: Randall Arnold‎ tex...@ovi.com cc: MeeGo community‎ meego-community@meego.com, MeeGo Dev List‎ meego-...@meego.com Subject: Re: [MeeGo-community] Nudging

Re: [MeeGo-community] Nudging the Community Device Program

2010-12-02 Thread Jayabharath, Goluguri
On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 5:40 PM, Randall Arnold tex...@ovi.com wrote: I do disagree with the production device requirement though. Prototypes should be allowed also, and if this program is to include Beagleboards, Pandaboards, et al, then the requirement certainly needs to be broadened (or

Re: [MeeGo-community] Nudging the Community Device Program

2010-12-02 Thread Randall Arnold
Sorry for top-posting-- I can't write below the quoted section below. Jay, what I mean is, are all devices coming from a single pool and available to any/all applicants, or might there be a certain number allotted specifically to the MeeGo community? Sorry for being unclear. Randy -

Re: [MeeGo-community] Nudging the Community Device Program

2010-12-02 Thread Randall Arnold
- Original message - From: Foster, Dawn M‎ dawn.m.fos...@intel.com To: Jayabharath, Goluguri‎ jayabhar...@ti.com cc: Randall Arnold‎ tex...@ovi.com, MeeGo community‎ meego-community@meego.com Subject: Re: [MeeGo-community] Nudging the Community Device Program Date: Thu, 2 Dec