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Originally Posted by Helmuth View Post
In my opinion there is no reason to let a Symbian guy work for maemo. I don't want in the end a Symbian device. But to avoid the same mistakes other systems has done 10 years ago a consultant were a wise decision. Or simply look at a Symbian Device: "what have they done to solve this problem?"

Why have maemo to reinvent the wheel at fundamental parts?
Because Linux and Symbian are so fundamentally different, even though what people use them for in this case is not. There are limits how much you can improve a ballpoint pen design by looking at graphite pencil designs.
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