Intel reportedly plans to back off MeeGo OS
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Intel reportedly plans to back off MeeGo OS
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Re: Intel reportedly plans to back off MeeGo OS
#2A dead OS is finally buried.
Re: Intel reportedly plans to back off MeeGo OS
#3Strange that they say this now, there have recently been a few Meego OS based netbooks come out. I believe the Asus was even a top seller on Amazon for a short time.
Re: Intel reportedly plans to back off MeeGo OS
#4Isn't this akin to pulling the plug on a brain-dead patient?
Also in breaking news: Fusion Garage cancels plans for a JooJoo 2. Film at 11.
Re: Intel reportedly plans to back off MeeGo OS
#5A dead OS is finally buried.
Open source never dies. It may lie dormant until someone decides to resurrect it. It may die when the last copy of its source is erased. That's not likely to happen, as most of it is already scattered around dozens of source-control repos.
Re: Intel reportedly plans to back off MeeGo OS
#6This is an unsubstantiated rumor.
I don't know if anyone here actually read the article, but it's just a couple paragraphs that say Intel will be releasing an Android or Windows phone in the near future and that they've "temporarily" put MeeGo on hold due to lack of interest.
Quoted immediately after this is an Intel statement asserting that "[Intel] remains committed to MeeGo..."
Re: Intel reportedly plans to back off MeeGo OS
#7A dead OS is finally buried.
It would be sad day because I really love my Nokia N950.
Re: Intel reportedly plans to back off MeeGo OS
#8Does anyone know what effect this will have on the clutter project?
Re: Intel reportedly plans to back off MeeGo OS
#9Does anyone know what effect this will have on the clutter project?
MeeGo uses Qt rather than Clutter, so probably not much.
Re: Intel reportedly plans to back off MeeGo OS
#10Isn't this akin to pulling the plug on a brain-dead patient? Also in breaking news: Fusion Garage cancels plans for a JooJoo 2. Film at 11.
Certainly not the same as killing WebOS, but MeeGo was a nice OS.