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Symbian Foundation web sites shutting downSymbian Foundation web sites shutting downPosted Nov 28, 2010 12:08 UTC (Sun) by azilian (subscriber, #47340)Parent article: Symbian Foundation web sites shutting down
One of the greatest things about open source is the ability to fork projects or to support them so they don't disappear. So I have sent an e-mail to the Foundation in which I offered them free hosting for the site, forums, downloads and documentation of the site.
This way, if they agree, I believe we can keep the community of this project alive.
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Symbian Foundation web sites shutting down Posted Nov 28, 2010 12:39 UTC (Sun) by sumC (subscriber, #1262) [Link]
I would be surprised if Nokia doesn't open a repository now that it has taken development in-house. At least so it still can claim that its open software.
It is an open source... Posted Nov 30, 2010 1:38 UTC (Tue) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link] It does not matter where it's hosted: as long as source is awailable it's open-source. Android is also not perfect WRT to community involvement, yet nobody claims it's not open-source. But the fate of Symbian is sad indeed: it's still bigger then Android but the difference is not owerwhelming like it was year before. And since it's N&N shop now (Nokia and NTT Docomo) it's fate is totally unclear. The only plausible way for it to survive is if HTC and Samsung will fragment the market and try to push their own favorites (Windows Phone 7 for HTC and Bada for Samsung) and Nokia will abandon MeeGo. Then Symbian very well may win because Nokia is sells more smartphones then HTC and Samsung... combined. But this is such a long shot that to bet on it you need to be true Symbian fan indeed.
It is an open source... Posted Nov 30, 2010 17:49 UTC (Tue) by sumC (subscriber, #1262) [Link]
Symbian will occupy Nokias mid-range for the foreseeable future(2 years). It will be pushed lower and lower while MeeGo takes over these segments. Eventually it will replace S40 and after that be pushed out completely. Of course these are my predictions.
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