Thread: Letter to Nokia.
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2010-02-17 , 16:20
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Originally Posted by DaveP1 View Post
Does anyone on this thread seriously thing that Nokia doesn't realize that the members of Maemo.org would like to know whether the N900 will be upgradable to the next OS (whatever it's name and/or architecture)?

Does anyone on this thread seriously think that if Nokia knew the answer was "yes" they wouldn't already have said it?

Nokia clearly isn't willing to commit to backwards compatibility at this point. No "open letter" is going to change this.
Of course they know.

I do believe they wouldn't have said it if they knew the answer was yes. A combination of commercial sensitivity, dreadful PR and seemingly (observed over 10 years of owning Nokia phones) growing contempt for existing customers is why.

I for one just want to know what is going on with Maemo 5 and the N900. Details of Maemo 6 or MeeGo would be great also, but right now Nokia have not clearly laid out what at a minimum will happen for the N900.

Open letters can make a difference if you make enough noise and get the right people to look at them. In combination with blogging, social network sites, articles and even press coverage (if you can get them to pick it up) you can change the way a company operates. It is a shame that people get called trolls for taking first steps in this process. I cite the Sony "rootkit" scandal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BM...ection_scandal) as direct evidence of how making noise can change things.

Nokia have done what we're talking about before and I fear they'll do it again...
Last edited by stopgap; 2010-02-17 at 16:37.