ΕΛ/ΛΑΚ, Google, mobile phones και ΙΤ υποδομές [was: Κείμενο "Τι είναι ΕΛ/ΛΑΚ" για το hellug.gr]

[Nick Demou]

On 11/5/07, Christos Ricudis <ricudis at itc.auth.gr> wrote:
> [...] o,tidhpote exei na prosferei to open source,
> arxizei kai teleiwnei ston tomea
> twn IT ypodomwn. [...]

ετιμάσου ή να κάνεις μια γενέα επέκταση του τι εννοείς με τον όρο ΙΤ
υποδομές ή να διαφωνήσεις με τα 34 μέλη του Open Handset Alliance
(μεταξύ αυτών είναι η Google, "many of the leading makers of mobile
phone chips, like Broadcom, Intel, Qualcomm,Texas Instruments" αλλά
και οι "SiRF Technology Holdings, Marvell Technology Group, Nvidia,
Synaptics, EBay, Nuance Communications, NMS Communications, Wind River
Systems" κ.α )

σε τι αναφέρομαι:

"Google took its long-awaited plunge into the WIRELESS WORLD today,
announcing that it is leading a broad industry alliance to [...]
provide cellular handset manufacturers and wireless operators with
capabilities that match and potentially surpass those using smartphone
software made by Apple, Microsoft, Nokia, Palm, Research in Motion and
others. In contrast to the existing competitors, Google's software
will be offered freely under "OPEN SOURCE" LICENSING TERMS, meaning
that handset manufacturers will be able to use it at no cost and be
free to add new features to differentiate their products."

"[this] OPEN SOURCE STRATEGY would encourage rapid innovation and
lower the bar to entry in the highly competitive handset market, where
software accounts for an increasing share of the cost of making a
phone."

"[...] phones made using the technology will have features and design
similar to the Apple iPhone. Mr. Rubin demonstrated a hand-held
touch-screen device that gave an immersive view of Google Earth, [...]
As an example, the company's StreetView feature of Google Maps could
easily be mashed up with another service listing the current
geographical location of friends."

φυσικά η Microsoft εξηγεί ότι το ΕΛ/ΛΑΚ δεν είναι τσάμπα και ότι το
TCO θα είναι υψηλότερο από τις δικές τις προσφορές ενώ επίσης τονίζει
ότι η ίδια χρειάστηκε να αφιερώσει πάνω απο 5 χρόνια για να
ολοκληρώσει το δικό της software stack για κινητά τηλέφωνα (χμ... όσα
και για τα Vista δηλαδή - λέτε να είναι είναι εξ ίσου καλό software?)