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I should make it clear that my previous email was a guess based on my
experience with mobile platforms. I may well be surprised yet. Having
said that:<br>
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Hetz Ben Hamo wrote:
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Also, within the last few days, they signed and sumbitted new drivers
to be included in the standard kernel.
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The question is whether all drivers running on the machine will be
open? Will I be able to compile, from scratch, my own kernel and have
all hardware working? I somehow doubt it, though I would love to be
proven wrong.<br>
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<pre wrap="">The technology that they use is open and it's right there on your
linux desktop: Xorg, gstreamer, pulse audio, bluez, telepathy, they
use upstart instead of sysinit, matchbox window manager, X terminal,
busybox, GLX.
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Yes, that is definitely the case, but how about the core services of
the phone?<br>
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Will it be totally open? I don't think so because they have to support
their DRM'd music/video which you buy, and their DRM is from ..
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I'm a bit confused about that. The guy on his blog says you get simple
and easy root. If I have root, what good is a DRM software, closed
source or otherwise? I can always just grab the data as it makes its
way to the audio driver (or connect as a debugger and grab the raw data
from the program's memory, or any number of other techniques).<br>
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<pre wrap="">writing/porting an app to N900, is IMHO way easier
then to Android/WebOS/iPhone.
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I'm not sure about easier, but it is definitely running a bunch of
already existing applications, and has a huge selection of Linux/Unix
applications that have an easier port (assuming you don't consider the
adaptation of an application to the limitations of a phone the hardest
part, which I do happen to). From my limited experience with the Neo,
that is a major advantage (not to mention it will natively run all
applications written for the Neo, as they share 90% of the technology).<br>
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Shachar<br>
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Shachar Shemesh
Lingnu Open Source Consulting Ltd.
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.lingnu.com">http://www.lingnu.com</a>
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