Thread: [Council] State of Maemo, Q32010.2
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2010-12-17 , 22:21
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Originally Posted by javispedro View Post
Oh, I'm sure that the myriad of patched hildon-desktops around here modifying virtually any behaviour do not really exist...
Oh, patches! Oh, I'm sure, I'm sure. I'm sure there are a myriad of hildon replacements. Oh, I'm sure.

Originally Posted by javispedro View Post
Thank Wayfinder for going nearly bankrupt and being bought!
Bought by whom?

Originally Posted by javispedro View Post
Btw, Google Maps looks like is a closed source application to me.
For certain, it is. I'm also reasonably certain that this closed-source app continues to be supported, updated and improved even on older devices, unlike Wayfinder and OviMaps. Also, I'm very certain you can uninstall it or replace it with another mapping app (Verizon's replaced it with Bing Maps on several Android units, for example) and not break the OS. What precisely was your point in this particular conversation?

Originally Posted by javispedro View Post
Please, please don't confuse lack of support with openness.
I didn't. I did, however, commit the awful sin of claiming far more freedom for the open-source portions from vendor lock-in by closed portions in Android than in Maemo. Gasp! Scandal!

Originally Posted by javispedro View Post
I think you are getting this completely wrong. What people and even qgil himself bragged about is the easness by which people can root their own N900s, even in a Nokia-approved fashion. On your average Android phone the process is insanely more complicated, and the device vendor will usually try to stop you from doing it. After rooting, you're free to replace whatever you want of the system. The N900 even has a myriad of alternatives operating systems you can run on it (remember they replace _everyting_), including some other devices propietary ones. How many Android phones run something other than Android?
No, I'm pretty certain I've seen it bandied about many times that you need to root Android to do things you don't even need to root an N900 to do. :P Also, on both my Droid and my Samsung Galaxy Tab, the process to root the phone is no more complicated than to install a rooting app (say, EasyRoot or z4root) and tap the ROOT button. :P Hardly more difficult than it is on the N900 to install a root access application. And don't forget that many ROM images built from source replace EVERYTHING as well, like CyanogenMod, Ultimate Droid, etc.

I'll concede the point that I can't think of handsets that run any other operating systems other than Android, but then it's not to say that they couldn't--it is fair to say that there doesn't appear to be a lot of interest in trying to. If the firmware has been replaced with custom firmware (as I did with my Droid) you REALLY have full control over what OS you can have loaded and you COULD try put MeeGo on there if you really wanted to but I don't see the XDA forums ablaze with interest to do so.
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