[pkg-fso-maint] Development of the GTA03 suspended?

[Mitja Kleider]

Hi,

> I haven't read anything on the lists (smartphones-userland and
> pkg-fso-maint), so I'm a little bit confused if this an April's Fool
> which just got relayed after 1st of April:
I also thought it was an April's Fool joke but it seems to be the sad
truth.

> Both articles are in German. They say that OpenMoko Inc.'s CEO said at
> OpenExpo (a controversial Swiss Open Source Business fair held this
> week in Berne) that OpenMoko Inc. will stop development on the GTA03
> and laid off half of the employees. They will focus on another device
> ready for the mass market from the beginning instead.
GTA03 will not happen anytime soon, in the worst case never. They want
to focus on some other "hacker's device" for now called "Plan B". I
guess it is related to the trouble if you want real "open" hardware
(GSM, GPS, 3G).
I think the loss of some employees is worse because any further
development for the Freerunner by them would be done in their free time.
Which means less contribution.


Steve Mosher gave an official statement:
http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2009-April/044915.html

Part of the talk by Sean Moss Pultz:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IADa6eirFz0


What matters most: The development of GTA02 will continue.

--
Mitja