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It's not often that I get worked up over failed platforms but Nokia's botching of Maemo really makes me angry. The N9 shows they had a viable, potentially worl
by corford 15y ago
It's not often that I get worked up over failed platforms but Nokia's botching of Maemo really makes me angry.
The N9 shows they had a viable, potentially world beating platform. Not only have they thrown it under a bus but, with its passing, so goes any hope of a true linux based smartphone (and accompanying ecosystem) ever achieving mass market exposure. It's tragic.
- coob 15y agoAndroid is Linux based.
- tincholio 15y agoNote the parent said 'true linux based', probably referring to Maemo running a full Linux stack, instead of a non-standard kernel and a non-X, JVM-based environment.
- corford 15y agoAs tincholio says, I added the word true on purpose. When you use a real linux stack, things like this are possible: http://wiki.maemo.org/Easy_Debian http://wiki.maemo.org/Easy_Debian http://temporaryland.wordpress.com/2010/01/20/openoffice-org-and-the-gimp-on-the-n900/ http://temporaryland.wordpress.com/2010/01/20/openoffice-org...