Thread: How can we encourage iPhone developers to develop on Maemo?
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2009-08-15 , 15:36
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Originally Posted by vvaz View Post
True. But Nokia *IS* in OpenSource business and with each iteration it is more in. With each generation there is more code opened and more transparency with development (although you could probably not notice it due to all whining here ).

Nokia apparently decided that OpenSource isn't bad for business and goes with it.

Maybe they noticed that in global scale there is enough people interested in OpenSource products that they can maintain whole line of products?

BTW - according to recent article on BBC site about Red Hat OpenSource is now about of 20% of global IT market.
Yes, they've realized that OS development isn't their core business and that there is a chance that an open sourced OS can be incubated to be used in future products. This way they can concentrate on hardware (and services?) developments and manufacturing, and hopefully the community movement can be fostered and grown to support the OS under their guidance and guardianship.

Yes, I believe the bulk of those 20% are in infrastructure (servers) and kiosks-type environment.