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gerbick
2017-10-12 , 21:23
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Originally Posted by
maegon9y00
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Me too... please bear with me...
So, the problem was mentioned. And what solution do you have in mind?
As a long time ITT/TMO person, I'll be completely honest - and this is only opinion. I thought for once, a big enough company - at that time the biggest in handheld communication devices figured out that FOSS, community and devices all could be a part of their offerings. I mean, imagine that. A huge company that finally "got it".
Nokia
was
the solution. Unfortunately, Symbian, politics, a board of directors that made odd decisions... well, on top of that, the start/stop iterations of Maemo where each device did not continue to receive updates all brought the momentum (and glee) to a grinding halt.
Will another big company get that FOSS, our wants and needs, our community might be a viable option?
Or will we continue to be rushed into supporting fringe, smaller companies that may/may not deliver?
The only solution I can think is if we get the support of another company, show them that it can be a good thing to offer some freedom to their users and move things into our territory. We need to convince some big company that we're worth a damn.
That's perhaps a solution.
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