η nokia μας έδωσε το open-source νέο της χρονιάς

[Christos Ricudis]

Nick Demou wrote:
>
> "Nokia have today announced that they will be acquiring the remaining
> 52% of Symbian they don't own and will be releasing the complete
> Symbian platform under the Eclipse open source license.

To opoio Symbian - opws kai h Java - einai apo ta pragmata pou pote den 
katalaba giati 8a eprepe kai pws 8a wfelh8ei akribws kapoios apo to na 
ginoun open source. Pera apo tis xaroules tou styl "Gouaou! Einai open 
source! Gamaei!", kai pera apo to ideologhma "ta panta 8a eprepe na 
einai open source".

Prwta prwta as ypo8esoume oti to Symbian 8a er8ei se mia morfh pou ontws 
mporei na ginei build, me *olous* tous vendor-specific drivers gia tis 
syskeyes stis opoies trexei, ktl (pragma pou to briskw eksairetika 
xlwmo, alla as to ypo8esoume).

Kai twra leme oti exete ton source code tou symbian. Ti diaolo 8a ton 
kanete? Port se tostiera?

An pali nomizete oti apla kai mono to open sourceing 8a ephreasei toso 
rizika to montelo anaptykshs tou (pou pali de blepw giati exei tosh 
praktikh shmasia), deite thn istoria allwn ka8etwn kai *hdh 
oloklhrwmenwn* efarmogwn poy perasan apo to closed source sto open 
source montelo, kai ousiastika den allakse tipota - oi developers 
parameinan oi idioi, me kapoio epipros8eto kai eksairetika periorismeno 
developer input apo th biomhxania h apo megalous pelates me in-house 
development poy hdh die8etan source licenses. H poiothta parameine panw 
katw h idia, kai h anaptyksh epishs (merikes fores epibradyn8hke kiolas).