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Originally Posted by krisse View Post
I mentioned garage because a previous comment in the thread said something along the lines of "we've already got maemo.org and garage", and I was purely trying to say they're not aimed at end users.

I'm not sure what you mean by "back to blurring the lines", this is the only time I've mentioned garage as far as I can recall. Maybe you mean someone else?
By "back" I don't mean that you were doing it more than once but that it had been done more than once and, well, there you were.

Not trying to whip up the dead horse, though. I just think you were making an assumption about end users that may not be true. When I pull maemo.org up, I see Downloads very boldly displayed, and see NumptyPhysics highlighted. That's a good signal SOMEthing for end users is going on.

And it's been said before, but your post seemed to me to be ignoring this fundamental fact and I was surprised that you of all people had not latched onto it: above all else, many of the gripes against maemo point to educational opportunities. So... is there a place on Internet Tablet School to inform your customers what's available at maemo?

Finally, the solution to shortcomings at maemo is NOT fragmentation, but illumination. I think we have that rolling now, but it was NOT part of the original proposal, which did indeed support fragmentation.

/hopefully done
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