Thread: Is the N900 yet another user acceptance test device?
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Hogwash is offline Hogwash
2009-10-07 , 15:41
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Originally Posted by Flandry View Post
However, their habit of dropping previous (expensive) devices unceremoniously when the next one comes out is off-putting.
Thus the power of open source support.

Just because the device gets 'dropped', it doesn't magically stop working, nor does your warranty evaporate. True, they may cease support for the device, but that's what the OSS community is for.

Heck, Dell dropped one of my older PC models years ago, but I have no trouble keeping it humming along with the latest releases of Fedora etc.

I understand your apprehension, but this modern collaboration between hardware mfers and the OSS world is an entirely different beast - you have vastly more support than you realize