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> Matching that with an open source effort seems implausible to me. You don't have to because it is an inadequate comparison. You don't need much effort to co
by madez 9y ago
> Matching that with an open source effort seems implausible to me.
You don't have to because it is an inadequate comparison.
You don't need much effort to continue using old software. There are people who still use SNES with the original OS. Where are the people maintaining that? There are none, because none are needed.
If you think an "old" OS isn't sufficient because we now demand things of an OS the old one doesn't deliver, then you would rapidly stop missing it after using it for a while. So, not much development needed either.
- wpietri 9y agoWe're talking about a phone OS here. If they just wanted to haul out a 2009 phone out and use it, they could do that just fine, with no open sourcing. You can still buy them off eBay. Since they haven't done that, you might consider that they want something else. I also disagree that using one of those today would make somebody not miss it. What they could reasonably miss is what it could have been. That's certainly what I'd love to see: a WebOS grown up, with a decade's investment along the lines of the original.