From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261292AbVFBVwE (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Jun 2005 17:52:04 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261356AbVFBVuN (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Jun 2005 17:50:13 -0400 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:53731 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261292AbVFBVnZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Jun 2005 17:43:25 -0400 Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2005 23:43:02 +0200 From: Pavel Machek To: Richard Purdie Cc: Emmanuel Fleury , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux for Mobile phones and PDAs [long] Message-ID: <20050602214302.GA1980@elf.ucw.cz> References: <42971C0E.9030504@cs.aau.dk> <20050531092834.GA9614@elf.ucw.cz> <00d301c56759$043cf060$0f01a8c0@max> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <00d301c56759$043cf060$0f01a8c0@max> X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > >Emmanuel Fleury: > >>So, indeed, Nokia has been funding several Open Source projects for the > >>last few months without advertising it too much. From my (poor) > >>knowledge here are some of the companies Nokia did fund for getting its > >>770 ready: > > > >This is good news. OTOH sharp zauruses have been here for quite long > >time, and failed to make this kind of publicity. > > > >Pavel, > >[still trying to make 2.6 mount / on his zaurus sl-5500] > > There are differences in how Nokia and Sharp are dealing with the Open > Source communities. Nokia are openly saying they want to commit development > work back to their respective projects where they can. Sharp were never > interested in doing this. If Sharp had been interested in the > >community, Yes, you are right. Nokia seems to be doing the right thing, and I thank them for it. Pavel