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2010-02-27 , 22:14
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Originally Posted by ARJWright View Post
Why does the OS matter if the applications work concurrently on MeeGo and Maemo 5 devices with Qt?

If Qt is the glue, and MeeGo (formerly Maemo 6) devices are going to have significantly different hardware, wouldn't it be a smart gesture for Nokia to keep the N900 in play with updates to the Qt stack?

Now, if Qt gets to a point where Maemo 5 can't be used as efficiently with it, wouldn't that be a case for something like a Mer project to come that rebuilds the shell/app space in Qt to better eek compatibility and performance from N900 devices?

I hear and see the fears, but for some reason, much of this seems incredibly blown way off base considering what we know about the platform and what it does and will support.

Or, is my PR language coming out too, and I'm just blasting hot air?
The OS itself matters from a bugfix, security standpoint, and official application support. E.g. Maps, microB, the email client, etc. Unless Nokia decided to split that also from the operating system so operating system support simply means the underlying internals itself. Which is extremely unlikely.

But yes, having application support separate from the operating system for 3rd party applications does improve things.

Originally Posted by kojacker View Post
That's the odd thing, because from the MeeGo roadmap it suggests it can be put on nearly any configuration of hardware from a TV set to a toaster, so when you read comments that suggest it's too early to know if it will run on the n900 - that feels really odd. Surely it must be able to.
I have a feeling it's more that Nokia doesn't want to use the manpower than its more an impossibility. Heck for all we know they could have some people working on it. For example, say there were 20 Maemo OS developers, now Nokia put 3 of them on bugfixes for Maemo 5. 1-2 towards putting Meego on the N900, and the rest towards Meego and future product development. Perhaps that's why Nokia won't say anything as to if the N900 will receive Meego, because they don't know themselves yet. But this is pure random thought.
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Originally Posted by ysss View Post
They're maemo and MeeGo...

"Meamo!" sounds like what Zorro would say to catherine zeta jones... after she slaps him for looking at her dirtily...