OpenMoko will be at SVHMPC meeting TONIGHT in Menlo Park

Mathew Davis someoneinjapan at gmail.com
Thu Jan 17 05:01:05 CET 2008


Yes that is a perfect question to ask.

Also will there be any video avaliable?  I would be very interested to see
this event.

On Jan 16, 2008 8:48 PM, Jeremiah Flerchinger <
jeremiah.flerchinger at gmail.com> wrote:

> I see OpenMoko as lower level than Android.  Users can give feedback
> into the very core of the hardware & software.  I expect to someday see
> Android applications integrated into OpenMoko.  Android appears to be
> just a virtual machine sandbox that sits on top of a Linux core.  I
> don't see most Android based phones makers willingly giving access
> outside of the Android API and runtime or taking user feedback seriously.
>
> My question is why doesn't Google release the Android runtime & API in a
> form that can be easily integrated and run on OpenMoko or any other
> Linux?  It's just built on top of a linux kernel & a bunch of standard
> libs.  Someone please ask that for me.
>
>
> Michael Shiloh wrote:
> > Good question, Jeffrey, and you suggest a question that I'd like to
> > ask you, the community:
> >
> > Why do you chose to develop on OpenMoko, rather than on Android? Or do
> > you do both?
> >
> > (Beside the lack of Android hardware)
> >
> > Michael
> >
> >
> >
> > Jeffrey Thomas wrote:
> >> I am unable to attend this meeting due to geography,
> > but if anyone is in attendance I would be interested to hear the
> > Google people's response to
> > why they felt the need to start a competitive project rather than join
> > the OpenMoko team.
> >>
> >> Michael, as an official in the OpenMoko community, I wouldn't expect
> >> you to ask this,
> > but if someone else is in attendance, raise the question and report
> > back to us!
> >>
> >> Jeffrey
> >> Minnesota USA
> >>
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