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2011-08-20 , 08:34
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what is NOKIA's position?
I honestly don't know.
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This talk about Nokia is all crazy and needs to stop.

What does it matter if they are eventually going to stop funding, better to think positive and make plans for this community to carry on.

It is very obvious many people want and actually need a community of some sort so that is where it should be looking now.

This is called a backup plan or plan b as it were.

To be honest i am sick to death of talk talk talk about Nokia this and NOkia that.

Make a community and secure it's future against any such company that would or could pull the plug, that way it's future is purely in the hands of it's council and it's members.
 
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Originally Posted by Texrat View Post
I honestly don't know.
thanks for clarifying this.

thus fundamentally that amounts to the middle option, having to make their mind up.
which leaves the community with the trickiest option, how to prepare for the worst without alienating NOKIA
 

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#204
Originally Posted by Texrat View Post
I honestly don't know.
Do you really need to know Nokia's position????.
 
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Originally Posted by tekki View Post
See how they react when we propose to add in Maemo GTK+ packages .. (yes, the one with Hildon spices)
That is understandable.
Btw can you post a link or a transcript where you did contact them?
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2011-08-20 , 09:09
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Originally Posted by misterc View Post
Texrat,

maybe this is worth a clarification?
on the election thread i read (posted originally by you i think and confirmed by other (Council?) members) that NOKIA's decision whether or not they would continue to finance maemo.org wasn't made yet.

what is NOKIA's position?
  • they have paid the bills 'til (end?) 2012
    period
    thus no further comment leaving the possibility open that it's business as usual (for now).
  • they have paid the bills 'til (end?) 2012, and after that they have to think about it.
  • they have paid the bills 'til (end?) 2012, but don't seem too enthusiastic to continue afterwards.
The way I read it so far by following forum and mailing lists, they have told us it is the option 2, as stated by Quim Gil

For all concerned I advise following the mailing lists (especially community!) more carefully, since there are interesting topics out there:

E.g.
My Perception of the Maemo/MeeGo Community by Michael Cronenworth
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Originally Posted by misterc View Post
thanks for clarifying this.

thus fundamentally that amounts to the middle option, having to make their mind up.
which leaves the community with the trickiest option, how to prepare for the worst without alienating NOKIA
Your remark is 150% accurate.
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Originally Posted by momcilo View Post
Your remark is 150% accurate.
The very reason i said stop to talk about Nokia and move on.
 
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Originally Posted by momcilo View Post
That is understandable.
Btw can you post a link or a transcript where you did contact them?
While not Debian, there was a lot of pushback proposing this when Mer was supposed to be used as Ubuntu Mobile.. the GTK thing screwed up so many things making it unacceptable for inclusion
 

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Originally Posted by momcilo View Post
Your remark is 150% accurate.
thanks
thank you also for the link in your previous post!

i think option two would be a business rationale anyway.
this doesn't mean that NOKIA are lost or have no clue where they are going, or, even worth, that they have made up their mind (to stop the funding) but don't want to tell it.
rather, depending on market development (not only of MeeGo / N9 but also of the great unknown, wp7 on NOKIA (will ppl really see wp as a different product b/c it comes with the NOKIA logo?) and probably other factors we are not thinking of right now, NOKIA can't say now what they are going to do in what, 16 months?
it's probably already a struggle to say that much on a 6 months horizon, thus, 12+ months, forget it.
anything can...
 
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