Thread: Is the N900 ever going to be a polished product?
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gerbick
2010-07-03 , 20:16
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Originally Posted by Nathraiben View Post
Hehe, I've actually been called a "lousy developer" pumping out "non-functional **** that nobody needs" within a couple of hours of releasing my first application.
Harsh. Love your way or dealing with it though, you seem unfazed.

Being told that free software will always be crap isn't really encouraging, either.
Apache alone destroys that. But the problem with "free software" is when it goes up against corporate software that's been established for a long time and falls a bit flat in some areas... for me, that would be Photoshop versus the GIMP's and the rest. Sure, they're usable, but not it's not the same. But... it's not supposed to be. In some areas, GIMP is better, in some others, it's not. But I wouldn't say "worthless".

If the lack of developers is the problem then... then the community won't polish Maemo 5. It needs to be said now. I can deal with reality better than fantasy.

And, like I said, many developers are thrown off by people constantly repeating that Maemo is dead, just because Nokia decided to move on. Would you start developing for something you believe is dead already?
I blame Nokia's push to the "it's the newest, most open, blah blah for developers" push that they got going on now that makes competent developers abandon prior iterations of their "open software" the truly depends on the closed bits way too ****ing much.

Fix that and people will fix the stuff Nokia can't be arsed to fix and then take that expertise to the next OS at their own leisure as opposed to always chasing the Nokia carrot and never fulfilling the full potential of any OS - past or present.

That's my take. You... keep developing. You're an asset and lifeline to this OS, community and agenda.