Thread: N900 device program for maemo.org developers and contributors
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2009-11-24 , 12:01
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Originally Posted by qgil View Post
Thanks for your feelings, but what is happening is precisely the opposite. Due to the feedback and demand the N900 has got we decided to have a more polished release targeting a wider audience, even if at the cost of a later sales start. The rest is a consequence of this decision, including some of the problems you are reporting here.

There is another way to look at this for those explicitely saying that they were not interested in the N900: despite this fact you got an invitation for a device discount. I have never got such invitation from companies selling products I dislike and I wonder whether you have better experiences. Still, you got an invitation because no matter what you think about the N900, Maemo 5 and the Nokia teams we value your past contributions to this community.
I have never felt so much involved in a platform as in Maemo.
I do, I REALLY DO, thank Nokia (and you) for the way you are thanking the people interested in this platform and in particular those that are actively helping pushing it.
I do.. I repeat, I really do thank.
It's been so far an awesome experience, I never said the opposite.

But yourself admitted it was a fault to let DDP handle the N900 discounted program (because of the Warranty issue) and I thank you for giving your name as the one to be blamed for this.

But you must also understand the frustration of who was eagerly awaiting to buy this device, when he found out there was no warranty even though he was going to pay 250 Euro. That's a lot of money for an open source developer, it is way more than 99 Euro we paid for the previous discounted devices and it is not that worth, anymore, spending that much money for a "primary" device that is ALSO a development device.

I complain for this, but I do not want to sound like I don't care or don't thank for everything Maemo has done to me so far in thanking me for what I have done for the platform.
I want to be clear on this and I think I can speak for many people here.

I do understand your points, giving free/discounted devices to developers and people heavily involved in Maemo, and I am sure you also understand our points.

Anyway, it's too late to go back.. let's just improve next the process for the next device.

Thank you.
Aniello
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