Thread: Maemo + Moblin = MeeGo
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2010-02-15 , 12:58
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Originally Posted by qgil View Post
Translation to end users: getting MeeGo apps to run on top of Maemo 5 shouldn't be a rocket science and maybe they just work. MeeGo will attract more developers to this API = more apps = more joy for N900 users.

About supporting officially the entire MeeGo running on the N900 hardware, it's a business decision and Nokia hasn't communicate the plans. In any case MeeGo is entirely open source, and the hardware adaptation is already in place in Maemo 5. If someone was thinking in running Mer in the N900, now the alternative is run the MeeGo stack instead. Less work on the boring and complex low level stuff and more fun in the layers that really interest to end users.
Quim, that is all fine and nice, and in the long run it might be the right decision.

However: for current N900 users it _makes_ a difference whether N900 will be upgraded to meego or not. Even if there is source compatibility of the apps, this does not mean that developers will compile their apps for both - meego and n900 aka maemo 5. esp if maemo uses deb and meego uses rpms.

What I do not understand: if it is so easy to port meego to different hardware: why does nokia not just do it - maybe as proof of concept - and make many N900 users happy instead of angry?

And if Nokia does not intend to port meego to N900: just be honest with your customers and do what is at the heart of your business: communicate. This is also a question of honor. Empty words like it is easy to backport apps doesnt help anyone.

just my 2ct as a quite fresh N900 user. Hoping toget more clarity the next days.
 

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