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mishmich is offline mishmich
2011-02-20 , 10:21
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#1567
Originally Posted by zwer View Post
It already is a mobile OS - it works on various devices, including the N900. Now, how much is it feature complete, how consistent and sexy is its UI/UX and so on, is a whole different story...

You can use it on the N900...

In all honesty, I'm pretty much sure that you (or some manager for that matter) don't understand either quantum physics or genetic engeneering, does that mean we should close CERN or various genetic labs across the little rock we call the Earth? After all why would you give those guys the benefit of the doubt when you can't make any sense out of it?

Just because your highness doesn't understand something it doesn't mean it's BS, it just means - you don't understand it.

I'm not saying that Nokia should've put all their eggs in the MeeGo basket and/or gamble their future on it, but your 'arguments' and your uninformed opinion is as valid as of those people that claim the exact opposite -_-
I can use it on my n900 - provided I don't want to be able to use my n900. Result! I have read through the install process, and what I would end up is an n900 that I could not do much with - less than what I can do now. That is why I don't try it. I did try it on my netbook - and it did very little compared with Unity - although with Unity at least the broadcom WiFi worked (unlike with MeeGo). Hopefully, now Broadcom have released their drivers into the public domain MeeGo might be able to operate on the original MSI Wind variants. The one day we might get 'apps' that run on it (irritating, I know, but people do tend to want to use these devices to do stuff on...)

I can appreciate the point of CERN - it is advancing our understanding of quantum physics. It is funded as such. It is not pretending to produce anything beyond advancing human understanding. It is not making out there will be some use for it. My uninformed opinion comes from having seem all this stuff play out before during my career in IT and telecoms. It isn't science - it is engineering - and engineering is about building stuff, and if nothing is produced, that's a wasted opportunity. What goes on at university is different from what businesses need.

If you are unable to communicate the significance of what it is you are paid to do - don't be surprised if people stop paying you to do it. Obviously Elop wasn't convinced - and the more I hear excuses based on my being uninformed (with my post grad business studies and IT qualifications), the less convinced I am.

Mish