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2011-01-07 , 07:35
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Originally Posted by lemmyslender View Post
I thought the idea was to take the best parts from both and mash them up into one giant underlying OS with several different UI's. Not to mention that the Handset OS will likely have little bearing on the first offering from Nokia, which will be based on Harmattan, which has been in development for some time (which is all being done behind closed doors).
lemmyslender has the right idea. However, that isn't always as easy as it sounds

Challenges from merging Nokia's stuff:

* Moving platform components previously happily non-oss out in to the open (licensing process does take time, honestly, when you need to verify the resulting open source code is 'safe' from patent infringement possibilities, etc)
* Moving from a hardware specific focus to hardware agnostic focus in software/platform parts (we had a big deal of problems with that in MeeGo)
* Implementing UX different from Nokia's that is free from ties to let vendors customize
* Merging proper Qt + SDK parts like MADDE takes time to refit
* Retraining people for RPM packaging

Challenges from merging Moblin's stuff:
* GTK+ based and netbook-focused
* Previously fairly Intel-focused, even though ARM
* Making the architecture fit the MeeGo vision

... and most importantly of all: creating processes and get people working together.

So, no, not from scratch, but as with any merging in organisations, it takes a lot of frustration and leg work. We're quite far by now
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