----- Original message -----
>     On 9/16/2010 4:06 AM, David Greaves wrote:
> > On 16/09/10 11:26, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > > But to be honest, I somewhat doubt that hardware vendors or the
> > > operators will think more than a few seconds and just not enable it,
> > > even if they were to take the OS nearly directly from meego.com
> > 
> > Precisely.
> > 
> > Whereas if apps linking to Surrounds were compliant then maybe they'd 
> > think a little harder.
> > 
> > Remember. They still have policy in their app store that can say "no 
> > apps with external dependencies".
> > 
> > But forward looking and experienced companies like Nokia can enable 
> > Surrounds and permit associated apps as they have done with Extras on 
> > the N900.
> 
> if you really think that Nokia will enable Extras on operator subsidized 
> phones... I think you underestimate how much operators will not like
> that.
> 

So why do we want to pander to that in meego.com? Isn't this about open source 
values, or did I misunderstand why helping the Maemo Community out with the OBS 
was such a huge issue?


-- 
Ryan Abel
Maemo Community Council member
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