Thread: MeeGo is not dead! (Or, put your money where your mouth is)
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TheLongshot is offline TheLongshot
2011-02-15 , 06:32
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Originally Posted by cfh11 View Post
I fully agree that Maemo is somewhat of a "hobby project" for Nokia. My point is that Meego appears to be heading down the same path. So.......... why all the FUD about Meego? We all know Meego isn't ready for the masses yet, so Nokia proclaiming that it will be somewhat of a sideshow to WP7 really isn't news. In fact, the situation with Meego is better than Maemo ever was. It is backed by the Linux Foundation along with several other corporate sponsors. And it is shaping up to be far more open than Maemo ever was.
Probably because many were hoping that Nokia would finally take the next step after teasing their customers for 5 years with solid products, but not really having the full strength of the company behind those products. As far as that goes, not much has changed.

The main worry right now is the future of QT, which was supposed to be the library that would help applications cross from one OS to another. With the Microsoft deal, that puts things in doubt a bit.

That being said, I always thought that Maemo/Meego's greatest potential is in the tablet market, where there really isn't much comparable. Yes, Apple and Google retrofitted their phone OSs for tablets, but I really do think that Meego has the potential to top them all in that market. Whether it meets that potential is up to Intel and the other partners who are left.
 

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