[Tinkerphones] [OHSW.org] [Tinkerphones-Stammtisch] Happy New Year - and a better new year

[Dr. Michael 'Mickey' Lauer]

Hi-ho,

> Am 17.09.2022 um 15:33 schrieb David Boddie <david at boddie.org.uk>:
> 
> On Sun Sep 4 22:03:38 CEST 2022, H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
> 
>> But as far as I see all of them are absolute niche an none of them got the
>> same attractivity and general public attention as the original Openmoko got
>> back in 2007. Well, it is like sending people to the moon for the second
>> time. Nice, still challenging technology. But no breakthrough any more. No
>> revolutionary approach. Smaller media coverage.
> 
> Linux on a phone isn't an interesting topic in itself any more, and even the
> phones where the software is open have practical limitations on what you can
> run. The idea of a phone where you can "hack" on the OS isn't as appealing
> as one where you can write your own apps, especially when most of the effort
> on the OS is directed towards a narrow stack of software.
> 
> Maybe those involved with OpenMoko could say something about the excitement
> around the original phone. Were people excited about the OS, or were they
> simply excited about the idea of a phone where you could run your own
> software?

Can’t tell much more than I’ve written in my obituary (https://www.vanille.de/blog/openmoko-10-years-after-mickeys-story/),
but for me personally, apart from the „Linux as a phone OS is cool“-factor, it was
always about being able to provide a platform where people could experiment with
new ways to handle communication, in particular a platform that would allow you to
tweak the whole stack and do holistic changes ­– not being limited to „apps“.

Best regards,

:M: