On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:28:19 +0100 Anas Nashif <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On 2010-09-16, at 12:20 PM, David Greaves wrote: > > > On 16/09/10 11:52, Counihan, Tom wrote: > >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Arjan van de > >>> Ven Sent: 16 I think that in practice, phones will be locked down > >>> and the content you can get on it controlled by the operator > >>> and/or OEM. Yes there will be some people who will buy an > >>> unlocked phone (if those are locked down or not will depend on > >>> the OEM), but the vast majority will be operator subsidized and > >>> thus locked down. > >> > >> The IVI vertical reflects the above, OEMs will most likely always > >> lock down, primarily driven from safety concerns - litigation and > >> publicity concerns over the potential of apps indirectly causing > >> road deaths. Think of stuck accelerator pedals recently. > > > > So? > > They won't let you install some apps? > > > > *IF THEY WOULD* and you downloaded a MeeGo compliant app that used > > a Surrounds library would it work? > > So in case of a road death, who is liable for this Surrounds library > exactly? There is always the quality assurance justfication for locking down markets. You see this for example in the health care professions. There also is always the business reason for locking down markets. You see this for example in the health care professions. So let us be honest here, in the case of phones the business reason dominates by far. There is concern about liability of course, But the main reason is control of the market. The question in this discussion was whether a very strict "compliance" measure is needed. There are technical reasons for and against it. WIll the reason for strict compliance be the business reason of helping with control of the market? Manufacturers will face competition for the applications that run on their products, wether they want to or not. Forcing users to install multiple copies of libraries, that result in bloated application size, will make the device look bad, not just the installed application. Bernd -- Bernd Stramm [email protected] _______________________________________________ MeeGo-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev
