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ghoonk	2008-02-26 , 07:11
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Originally Posted by jussik

Exactly. And like I said, community support may carry old products even further, providing that
1) drivers are free
2) community is large enough
Community grows all the time, and hopefully Nokia sees that free drivers are in its own interest (because prolonged community support and vibrant after market are actual selling points for new devices). I really want to see a OpenEmbedded-based OS (or something) being the de facto OS for 770 in the future.

FWIW, the Newton community in NewtonTalk is still pretty much alive and kicking, even though the Newton got 'Jobbed' back in 1998 - 10 years ago.

I've noticed that so many people go into a doom-and-gloom mode when they hear that the N800 may be discontinued. No idea why, since it doesn't change the existing functionality of the N800 today. I going to call this the 'USR Syndrome', as in how USR was 'controlling' the NS-5 robots from a central source. Symptoms of suffers of USR Syndrome basicially have it stuck in their heads somewhere that these devices stop working once they are discontinued. Interestingly enough, sufferers of USR Syndrome also display huge emotion and mental issues grasping with the circle of life (and death) :P

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