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#87
Originally Posted by qgil View Post
Let me recap on something important here. This specific step in the N900 device program is aimed at strong maemo.org contributors, mainly OSS developers but also many non-developers involved in other areas.

Free software development and community involvement should be fun and worth in itself. If it's not then don't do it. It's voluntary work after all and the choice is yours.

If someone needs to wait for a device program to evaluate whether the community effort is rewarding or not, then there is something wrong here.

The N900 through Forum Nokia has other improvements. Indeed, the FN store can't deliver to Russia, but basically the rest of the World is supported. Remember how painful this was in previous occasions. I'm fine trying to find solutions for the Russian citizens in that list.

I'm also quite amazed about the tone in some comments about the devices loaned to Summit participants. These are pre-production devices and 300 people got the priviledge to have them without signing any NDA before any regular customer, just for attending a registration free event! Core maemo.org contributors and developers presenting a session were given the chance to be there with travel and accommodation sponsored.

All this costs money. If you think it was easy to pull this budget in these times for a maemo.og actiity like this, then perhaps you need to think more.

Anyway, we keep learning and hopefully we will be more efficient next time.
First of all, PEACE

Second, many people want to start development (it's good for you, I quess ) and SDK sometimes doesn't allow it. Sometimes it's of course the matter of programmer knowledge, but sometimes it's really SDK issue. And it's normal, that after hearing about new devices available now, people are a little irritated, only a little . Yes, there was Summit, but please note, that sometimes joining it was not possible for some people.

And I hold you to your promise about learning Maybe it would be possible even to speak about some FBUS/PHONET details and making real import application Who knows

Third, PEACE, PEACE, PEACE and don't worry

Last edited by marcinw; 2009-10-16 at 16:12.