Thread: Why I would still prefer the N9 with a two year old processor
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danested is offline danested
2012-01-01 , 21:06
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#69
Originally Posted by jalyst View Post
I recall that article, I linked to it once in the Epic N9 thread, IIRC there's a newer spin-off.
N.B. it is referring to Vanilla MeeGo, not Maemo6x on the N9 (MeeGo-Harmattan).

I think Dan's point is history has shown us that openness hasn't counted for much so far.
Especially if the conviction's not there from the primary backer/s....
The N900's a similar woeful tale of how much better things could've/should've been.

And overall Maemo6x is definitely a regression openness-wise, particularly for the UX layers.*
Maemo5x is widely known to be more pliable, particularly in the UX area.
AEGIS is slowly but surely becoming less of an issue, but closed UX components remain one.

He's generally on the more negative side of the debate, I'm generally on the more positive.
Despite logic dictating I shouldn't be "sometimes", I remain hopeful that things can evolve.

*At the very least it maintains the status-quo...
If the transition to real meego was allowed to complete (it hardly got started) things would've been different.
True unfortunately all too true. So few true open source options left, and what's left is being converted to being closed.

The one thing that I'm truly more concerned about is the snooping.

I have a deep distrust for all things corporate, one thing that will be almost entirely missing from community driven work is that the community does not feel the need to gather intel of any sorts. I believe even in a case where this is required, there will be an open request to the community members to share data. But when it comes to huge companies this decision is made with only the company's future in perspective

For me that distrust makes the choice between the N9 a lot easier. because while I know it's not entirely open source, I still do trust it more than I do proprietary closed source software. especially with community involvement... I may be wrong, but personally between 50% and 40% open source, i would choose 50% and feel better.
 

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