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wmarone is offline wmarone
2011-02-13 , 21:57
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Originally Posted by ericsson View Post
they lost direction with open source initiatives and lost it all.
Don't blame "open source" for Nokia's failure to execute.

So, while most people here see Joe average as a nuisance that gets it all, they fail to see that it is Joe average that pay for it all as well. They fail to see that open source is a luxury paid for by Joe average, and if he doesn't get what he wants, there will be nothing of anything.
And yet the industry caters almost exclusively to Joe Average and makes an extended effort to keep those of us who like to squeeze capability out of our hardware trapped with Joe Average (see jailbreaking/rooting/signed kernels/etc.)

It is entirely possible to be open source, cater to Joe Average, and give the power users what they want. No one does that, they actively fight it, and Nokia's management dropped the ball.
 

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