Thread: Cleaning N900 FUD
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2010-03-02 , 02:26
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Originally Posted by qole View Post
Everyone keeps saying, "OS updates on iPhone still work on old devices" without realizing that this actually means that the new devices must be underperforming in order to maintain compatibility.

I for one would rather have a compatibility layer (ie a compatible version of QT and web runtime) on Maemo 5 to run MeeGo apps rather than castrating Harmattan in order to make it run on old devices.
This is FUD. I have fought against this type of FUD my entire career. I've even gone behind bosses backs to avoid this common misconception. I've also begged in front of boss and peers, that if they were having problems maintaining compatibility, please come and see me.

But that's not the norm, and it's sad. This is the only topic where I praise Microsoft, until Vista, they got this right better than anyone. And whoever said that Apple and the like retain customers for this very reason were right on. The Linux kernel guys get it, but they might be wavering. Give me a bloated kernel that I can reconfigure and slim down myself, but don't cut anyone off.

Deadlines cause panic. Panic causes bad decisions. Bad decisions lead to incompatibility for usually no good reason.
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