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2009-11-27 , 01:13
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Originally Posted by 11/(14-17)/09 View Post
My problem is not with delays, my problem is with the conflicting position of Nokia and the Open community. Personally I feel outraged not because of a product being delayed, but of the closed mouth attitude of Nokia, no info or bad info. This has lead me to understand the conflicting interests involved, and to the conclusion that continuing to support Nokia down the wrong path is not a good idea.
Almost no one will argue with you that Nokia has made some missteps with the N900 launch, including the DDP program. (I think Nokia will admit it themselves.)

But as you guys gain more experience with open source I think you may see that Nokia is doing a lot of good. Sure there are conflicting opinions. Open source is not free on controversy. But Nokia is doing many things that add value to the entire open source community. Without corporate supporters open source would probably be dead (or close to it). Even Linus has worked for corporations along his path of developing Linux. And I think he would disagree with you about an inherent conflict. (If you go look up his quotes on this subject, let me know if I'm wrong.)

My own position is that I want to do everything I can to encourage Nokia to keep supporting open source because they are adding tremendous value. Even if they have screw ups at times, the development work they are doing is beneficial to the community.
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