Thread: Farewell
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#22
Originally Posted by harp View Post
The onus is on Nokia to create a good development ecosystem and a functional market. The framework for that system is still not in place. I love the N900 but I won't defend Nokia on this front. Development is out of reach for anyone without linux knowledge and experience. I should know, it took me weeks to get the SDK setup and running. By the time I did get it up and running, Nokia announced the Meego partnership which was a "why bother" moment for me. Simply put, Nokia let the N900, Maemo and the customer down by failing to provide adequate support.

Look at the author of the Prismic Wallpaper Manager. He deserved more for his efforts.
I was referring to the new QT SDK that works on Linux and Windows.

Hence why I said after PR1.2 is released the framework is there.....

Also; To develop for android you need to know java.

To develop for Apple you need to understand their stuff.

To develop for Maemo you need to know C++ or Python.

To develop something around the OS on all three; it certainly helps to understand that OS as well. This is not something "new".

I'll give you that scratchbox is a PITA. Hence; Post PR1.2 this should not be a problem due to the beta that is out.

As for the other responses.. you did see that I said it's not entirely Nokia's fault, right? Yes; Nokia can do games with "best software" this or "top 10 to code" that - but at the same time simple Market share, and community drive will also help. Things like that thread about hosting a small dev competition with a donated bucket of $$$ to the winner should help get you more apps.
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