On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 1:54 AM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <[email protected]> wrote: > Quoting Robinson Tryon <[email protected]>: > >> So given what you currently know, do you see Meego as having a viable >> business plan? >> > > In isolation, as an open source project, yes, it appears to be viable. The > unknowns here in the USA are Apple and Google. Both have immense muscle to > bring to bear in a competition and have strong existing products and > business partnerships.
Yes, Apple and Google both command a strong share in the market. Their existing lead over Meego may be a large hurdle. > They could, I suppose, kill each other off and allow MeeGo to gain market > share. But I'm not betting on that happening. Yes, we may hope that the market is kind to Meego, but I think the platform will have to be strong enough to win on merit alone. Hope, I hear, is not a viable strategy or plan. > If MeeGo's apps are better > than Blackberry, Palm or Windows Mobile, there should be no problem > establishing a market. But the apps have to be compelling - it can't be > "just another smart phone". The apps do have to be top-notch. I think that the community also needs to look at the competition and try to determine what this community can do to make Meego more appealing to consumers and vendors than the other platforms. Part of this is apps, but there may be other aspects as well. --R _______________________________________________ MeeGo-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev
