I think that the success of spark [1] explains the "failure" of GTA04.<div>My 2 cents</div><div>d</div><div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2012/02/spark-pre-orders-closed.html">http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2012/02/spark-pre-orders-closed.html</a><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 9:42 AM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hns@goldelico.com">hns@goldelico.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Am 28.02.2012 um 09:07 schrieb <a href="mailto:openmoko@pulster.de">openmoko@pulster.de</a> (Christoph Pulster):<br>
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>> what you think would bring forward the Openmoko community<br>
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> Hardware: One-man-show Nikolaus<br>
> Software: One-man-show Radek<br>
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</div>Well, there are more People behind (e.g. Neil, Lukas, Christoph, Rene, ...), but...<br>
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> I am praying each night, that both of you fasten your seatbelt daily.<br>
> Instead a participating community we converted to simple consumers<br>
> waiting for news and order buttons. We dont need new features, but a new<br>
> spirit first hand. Poor pre-order numbers of GTA04 proove this.<br>
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</div>... Yes, I think your observation is right.<br>
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But where has the general Spirit gone? Is this indicating that partially Open source has won? Or cheap devices built in China are the most important? Or is it lack of spare time? Or are we just watching how iAndroid is dominating the world?<br>
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What would we need to get New Spirit into our Community?<br>
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Nikolaus<br>
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> Christoph<br>
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