<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">I second that!<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Pius A. Uzamere II <pius@alum.mit.edu><br>To: List for OpenMoko community discussion <community@lists.openmoko.org><br>Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 8:47:03 PM<br>Subject: Re: Apple's heavy hand an opportunity for Linux smartphones likeOpenMoko<br><br>IMHO, that's just the sort of sentiment that, if embraced by FIC, will guarantee that this phone is not successful.<br><br>If a phone ships with a closed or otherwise flawed stack, a fix is just a firmware update away. Once you put a crappy form factor into the market, however, you're typically finished in the
long term. Remember,
<span style="font-style: italic;">your competitors can iterate their software faster than you can iterate your form factor once units are put into production</span>. <br><br>I want this project to be successful . . . let's not get so idealistic that we lose focus of the realities of the market.
<br><br><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">In any case, the neo isn't about schnazz, it's about freedom.<br></blockquote>
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