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Subject: Re: Apple's heavy hand an opportunity for Linux smartphones
From: Mohammed Musallam <musallam001 () yahoo ! com>
Date: 2007-09-29 21:12:37
Message-ID: 16849.91718.qm () web36508 ! mail ! mud ! yahoo ! com
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I second that!
----- Original Message ----
From: Pius A. Uzamere II <pius@alum.mit.edu>
To: List for OpenMoko community discussion <community@lists.openmoko.org>
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 8:47:03 PM
Subject: Re: Apple's heavy hand an opportunity for Linux smartphones likeOpenMoko
IMHO, that's just the sort of sentiment that, if embraced by FIC, will guarantee that \
this phone is not successful.
If a phone ships with a closed or otherwise flawed stack, a fix is just a firmware \
update away. Once you put a crappy form factor into the market, however, you're \
typically finished in the long term. Remember, your competitors can iterate their \
software faster than you can iterate your form factor once units are put into \
production.
I want this project to be successful . . . let's not get so idealistic that we lose \
focus of the realities of the market.
In any case, the neo isn't about schnazz, it's about freedom.
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font-size: 12pt;">I second that!<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new \
york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Pius A. \
Uzamere II <pius@alum.mit.edu><br>To: List for OpenMoko community discussion \
<community@lists.openmoko.org><br>Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 8:47:03 \
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likeOpenMoko<br><br>IMHO, that's just the sort of sentiment that, if embraced by FIC, \
will guarantee that this phone is not successful.<br><br>If a phone ships with a \
closed or otherwise flawed stack, a fix is just a firmware update away. Once \
you put a crappy form factor into the market, however, you're typically finished in \
the long term. Remember,
<span style="font-style: italic;">your competitors can iterate their software faster \
than you can iterate your form factor once units are put into \
production</span>. <br><br>I want this project to be successful . . . let's not \
get so idealistic that we lose focus of the realities of the market. \
<br><br><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, \
204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">In any case, the neo isn't \
about schnazz, it's about freedom.<br></blockquote> </div>
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