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Originally Posted by danramos View Post
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Especially when we're talking about things like the wifi driver and media player source code and so on.
Yes, but we need to look at each case seperately.

I saw the presentation of the new WiFi driver and this makes some points about why this driver now exists, what the problems were to open source it, what drove the development, and so on.

For OGG, probably Nokia lawyers are saying "don't touch that with a 10 pole foot". This is where maemo.org and Extras repository kick in. I do wonder what Nokia's view about Dirac is (recently achieved 1.0 status).

The idea that we can't use the hardware to its potential is infuriating and no amount of 'we can't ship mp3 decoders or win32 codecs' explains that.
This is a reference to the DSP, right? There is a Garage project for OGG Vorbis.

Back to giving credit, at least I see that the wifi driver will finally been opened up--that's a BIG deal among other things Nokia has been doing right... but the statement made is still something of an ominous agitation to folks that want to be able to truly use the thing that they opened their wallets and vomited bills to purchase and it effects future purchases and brand.
..and finally we'll be able to use a newer kernel with all kind of neat features and fixes. I'm looking forward to CFS, PowerTOP, LatencyTOP, and so forth.

I believe the questions each individual has to ponder about: are these contributions good enough or is the learning curve good enough? Do I trust Nokia? Or will I instead opt for a Pandora? Do I wish wait for the 'N900'? Will I buy both Pandora and 'N900' (unlikely for most potential customers)? Do I need the new features of the 'N900'? Which ones? Are they worth it?

(Maybe there are more or better questions to ask. I'm not feeling inspired. )

The Trolltech acquisition makes a lot more sense in this light. Proprietary vendors will be able to deliver for Maemo, and it will run on platforms running Maemo no matter if its a NIT or NOT (No, Other Tablet). And Nokia gets their fair share.
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