Thread: N900 shipping delayed
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bugelrex is offline bugelrex
2009-10-26 , 19:48
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#228
Originally Posted by theflew View Post
The difference is this in Linux. Nokia doesn't have to work on the whole OS like Symbian. Upstream Debian and the other open source projects used can do a lot of the dirty work for Nokia as far as updates are concerned. Nokia just needs to push the updates.
Just curious, how many developers are committed to Maemo, not the apps but the O/S and essential services? Its hard to see who simply have accounts v.s those that are committed to coding.

On a PC, if I feel the open source community is not keeping up, I can simply buy Windows. However once I've purchased this 600 dollar phone, I'm stuck with the generosity of the community who could be busy with their day jobs during the "great recession"