Thread: "Fixed in Fremantle"
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2008-11-30 , 07:30
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Originally Posted by qgil View Post
Work in progress. Fremantle and Harmattan will probably make us see Diablo as we see Bora and Mistral today.
That's what we're not keen about. (replace 770 users with N8x0 users...)


We are commited to http://wiki.maemo.org/Objective:Maemo_variants
Well, that objective is still clearly rather vague "work in progress"...

Investing more resources having Fremantle fixes available also for Diablo might look like a more sustainable approach but... what if investing heavily in the future releases is actually the best way for Maemo to become really sustainable?
So there's no current plan/hope to make Maemo 5 (Fremantle) run on the current N8x0-class devices? Just seeing the odd bug fix percolate down from the next OS upgrade to current devices sounds indeed wasteful when the userbase is clamouring for a proper upgrade (even if it's "Fremantle Basic" without some of the more advanced goodies and eye candy).

So to answer your question with a counter-question: What if investing heavily in making future releases (at least +1) available to current users and devices helps make the platform attractive and thus sustainable?

I.E. I wonder if it's sustainable to split the userbase and developer community to N8x0/Maemo 4 legacy and N9xx/Maemo 5 groups.

Only when the Fremantle SDK ships and eventually when Nokia starts handing out new "loaner" N9xx hardware to developers we'll find out how self-sustainable the legacy N8x0-platform really is. Not forgetting that some developers would also rather play with alternative platform ports (Debian, KDE etc.) on their "legacy" devices...

There is not such 'planning early obsoletion'. If you think device manufacturers make better business through obsoletion than through user satisfaction and customer retention, think twice. This sector is simply running fast, very fast. Look around. Not being fast is not very sustainable and to be fast you need to set priorities and make compromises.
Looking back, Maemo 4 (Chinook) arrived in the scene in late 2007 and it has basically had one minor update to 4.1 (Diablo) in mid-2008 plus associated 4.1.1 bug fix SSUs.

From mid-2008 forward, and until Fremantle with new N9xx hardware expected around mid-2009, what are the N8x0-users (i.e. most of the Nokia Internet Tablet userbase) looking forward to in this very fast-moving scene?

I don't know how much my personal views represent the average N8x0 userbase, but the longer my current device continues getting meaningful updates the likelier I am to consider buying another NIT. (Esp. if there was still some compatibility/synergy left between the old and the new device...)
 

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