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By: Average Joe

Average Joe — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 08:49:54 +0000

Even when the foundation was open, Symbian was de-facto closed. Less closed than Android in some aspects (feature planning was done in the open and the code repositories were freely accessible, not “revealed”), and more closed in others (having to order a compiler via mail from ARM ltd was a ridiculous requirement for a project seeking community contribution).

As a result of this, the feedback I saw on the symbian.org pages was more bikeshedding than helpful contribution. And when people working on real devices went there looking for help, they were redirected to Forum Nokia anyway, because marketed products were outside of the foundation’s scope.

Still, the geek in me is sad that the half-open Symbian ended up becoming fully-closed instead of fully-open. But I do understand that this might be the only solution to keep Symbian standing up against its competitors.

By: Andre

Andre — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 23:54:35 +0000

I really hope so…. input from the community is a vital part o making a GOOD- to-GREAT product.

Only a few (Apple) have made it without doing so.

By: David

David — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 23:48:43 +0000

Its also a good way to stop your competition finding out good sources. Lets hope this helps continue to build the present Symbian!

By: Cod3rror

Cod3rror — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 23:47:40 +0000

Good, screw the foundation, Nokia alone being in charge will accelerate the development by a lot, hopefully.

By: Jay Montano

Jay Montano — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 23:44:28 +0000

Man, 17th December has come so soon. What’s very interesting as you have noted is Nokia’s own Symbian blog.

I’m not too worried about community feature implementation; I think there can be some great participation between Nokia and its users to drum up ideas on where new features should go.