Motorola and Google join the GNOME Foundation advisory board
November 4, 2008 10:57 am freesoftware, gnomeBig news yesterday! Motorola and Google joined the GNOME Foundation advisory board.
Just let that sink in a little…
Google and Motorola are two huge companies, showing support for, and confidence in, the GNOME project. While it might be possible to dismiss Google’s participation as just helping us out, it’s interesting to see what Christy Wyatt has to say about GNOME and Motorola’s strategy: “For mobile Linux, Motorola believes in open standards and open source technologies”.
What this implies to me is that while Motorola may be trending towards Android for their next generation of smart phones, they’re going to be keeping the MotoMagx option open, even as they turn away from LiMo. Perhaps a small strategic skunkworks project, pottering away and keeping an eye on how things develop?
In any case, I welcome Motorola to the foundation, and I hope that we have a long and fruitful collaboration.
November 4th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
That video link wasn’t *that* bad. I could surely do worse.
PS: Not a US citizen, but I do care, and also hopes that Obama will do well and win this election!
November 4th, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Hi Dave,
It’s great news indeed that Google and Motorola have joined the Gnome Foundation Advisory Board and sponsored the Gnome Foundation. As I’m sure you know, a diverse community and active participation from a wide range of members is important to the success of any project following an open development and collaboration model (and why LiMo’s breadth of membership helps the success of the platform).
Meanwhile, please take a look at Moto not dropping LiMo Linux – I’d suggest “turning away from LiMo” is a bit over-dramatic!
November 4th, 2008 at 8:42 pm
@Andrew: yes, I always was something of a drama queen. That said, the news is changing every day at the moment, I’m having trouble keeping up.
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November 5th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Is nice to get some money from Motorola.
What would be nicer is if it’s possible to install your own build of GNOME on future handsets. From what I know, Motorola uses DRM to prevent running of unsigned software on the device. This is probably a requirement of the carriers ($$$).