Thread: Will MeeGo finally end the Rapid Obsolescence Syndrome (ROS)
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tswindell is offline tswindell
2010-08-19 , 09:22
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Originally Posted by abill_uk View Post
There is one REAL answer to all this, Nokia either buy up a manufacturer or start their own in whatever country offers the best solutions.

The most successful company will one that is dependent on nobody and can self produce everything from start to finish so really it is all down to investment.

Anyhow i still feel Meego will just become another Maemo because of closed source but as you said drivers dont change that much but they have to be open from the start at least.
I don't understand your concerns, this is how things operate in the real world, we just have to deal with it and carry on. Name another manufacturer out there with the level of platform openness of Nokia and the NIT line of devices?

Drivers are not our problem unless there's something wrong with them. APIs are our problem. There's no need for 99.999% of people to need access to driver source if the drivers are properly maintained and supported.

Which is why I pointed out the closed component builder for MeeGo, which is their process to support continuous integration of closed drivers for the N900 (Maybe N8x0) and future "supported" devices with MeeGo.
 

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