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LiMo Foundation Unveils LiMo 4

nicooo — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:29:53 +0000

Apparently you can use it to make your own phone.

LiMo Foundation Unveils LiMo 4

tzafrir — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:51:55 +0000

Well, Symbian is very popular. Could I use the published Symbian source code to modify something with a phone of my own? What about LiMo?

LiMo Foundation Unveils LiMo 4

xxiao — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 02:15:28 +0000

by 'broadly', who is using it nowadays?
just curious

LiMo Foundation Unveils LiMo 4

nicooo — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:32:01 +0000

http://www.limofoundation.org/en/benefits-for-the-mobile-...

"Additionally, technology vendors and ISVs can develop their own products for a software platform that is broadly adopted by the whole industry."

LiMo Foundation Unveils LiMo 4

tzafrir — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:50:36 +0000

Why should I care that the code is available? What can I do with it?

Can I run it on a phone of my own? Or is it just like the source code of Symbian?

Obscurity

danielpf — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:42:32 +0000

As for the Mageia announcement, the given summary provides absolutely not the slightest clue about what is the discussed topic. A short sentence informing what is LiMo 4 would facilitate the information flow.

This type of obscurity is frequent in software short introductory descriptions. Outsiders reading them often get strictly no information about what is the software.

LiMo Foundation Unveils LiMo 4

gsbarbieri — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 18:32:12 +0000

Although not in the announcement text, it marks the introduction of EFL in mobile industry:

http://www.limofoundation.org/en/what-is-the-platform.html

That came after EFL 1.0 was released earlier this year by Rasterman.