Comments on: Symbian and the Eclipse Public License http://aniszczyk.org/2009/10/22/symbian-and-the-eclipse-public-license/ work. life. open source. diatribes. Mon, 14 May 2012 23:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Chris Aniszczyk http://aniszczyk.org/2009/10/22/symbian-and-the-eclipse-public-license/comment-page-1/#comment-1336 Chris Aniszczyk Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:47:00 +0000 http://aniszczyk.org/?p=1310#comment-1336 Thanks for your comment Torkild. Well, I think better applications in the mobile space came mostly through having a distribution model for them. Before the AppStore, going to each developer's website to download their application on your phone was terrible; the carriers were also useless. The Apple AppStore changed the game. It made payment and distribution easy, which in turn allowed developers to make money. This attracted a lot of people to mobile development even though the tools that Apple make are horrible :) During some of my time at IBM, we were developing all sorts of cool applications for the old Nokia Communicator devices (9500). There was no easy way to buy those applications for the average consumer and at the time, I don't think there were enough powerful phones out there. To not rant any further, I think the mobile space is going to be very interesting in the next few years. I think Symbian has a good model going forward, the question is whether they can build enough community and the right tools for developers. It will be interesting to see who the winners are in a couple years. Thanks for your comment Torkild.

Well, I think better applications in the mobile space came mostly through having a distribution model for them. Before the AppStore, going to each developer’s website to download their application on your phone was terrible; the carriers were also useless. The Apple AppStore changed the game. It made payment and distribution easy, which in turn allowed developers to make money. This attracted a lot of people to mobile development even though the tools that Apple make are horrible :)

During some of my time at IBM, we were developing all sorts of cool applications for the old Nokia Communicator devices (9500). There was no easy way to buy those applications for the average consumer and at the time, I don’t think there were enough powerful phones out there.

To not rant any further, I think the mobile space is going to be very interesting in the next few years. I think Symbian has a good model going forward, the question is whether they can build enough community and the right tools for developers. It will be interesting to see who the winners are in a couple years.

]]> By: Chris Aniszczyk http://aniszczyk.org/2009/10/22/symbian-and-the-eclipse-public-license/comment-page-1/#comment-3123 Chris Aniszczyk Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:47:00 +0000 http://aniszczyk.org/?p=1310#comment-3123 Thanks for your comment Torkild. Well, I think better applications in the mobile space came mostly through having a distribution model for them. Before the AppStore, going to each developer's website to download their application on your phone was terrible; the carriers were also useless. The Apple AppStore changed the game. It made payment and distribution easy, which in turn allowed developers to make money. This attracted a lot of people to mobile development even though the tools that Apple make are horrible :) During some of my time at IBM, we were developing all sorts of cool applications for the old Nokia Communicator devices (9500). There was no easy way to buy those applications for the average consumer and at the time, I don't think there were enough powerful phones out there. To not rant any further, I think the mobile space is going to be very interesting in the next few years. I think Symbian has a good model going forward, the question is whether they can build enough community and the right tools for developers. It will be interesting to see who the winners are in a couple years. Thanks for your comment Torkild.

Well, I think better applications in the mobile space came mostly through having a distribution model for them. Before the AppStore, going to each developer’s website to download their application on your phone was terrible; the carriers were also useless. The Apple AppStore changed the game. It made payment and distribution easy, which in turn allowed developers to make money. This attracted a lot of people to mobile development even though the tools that Apple make are horrible :)

During some of my time at IBM, we were developing all sorts of cool applications for the old Nokia Communicator devices (9500). There was no easy way to buy those applications for the average consumer and at the time, I don’t think there were enough powerful phones out there.

To not rant any further, I think the mobile space is going to be very interesting in the next few years. I think Symbian has a good model going forward, the question is whether they can build enough community and the right tools for developers. It will be interesting to see who the winners are in a couple years.

]]> By: Torkild U. Resheim http://aniszczyk.org/2009/10/22/symbian-and-the-eclipse-public-license/comment-page-1/#comment-1332 Torkild U. Resheim Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:22:52 +0000 http://aniszczyk.org/?p=1310#comment-1332 "I think open source and open development is in. Will people care though?" Yes I agree with you. There are some big mastodons turning towards open source development (I work for one of them) but I don't think the effects will be noticeable very soon. I think Gartner's prediction is pretty close to what we will see. I don't think people in general will care. But they will feel the effects; in the form of better applications and (much) more to choose from. “I think open source and open development is in. Will people care though?”

Yes I agree with you. There are some big mastodons turning towards open source development (I work for one of them) but I don’t think the effects will be noticeable very soon. I think Gartner’s prediction is pretty close to what we will see. I don’t think people in general will care. But they will feel the effects; in the form of better applications and (much) more to choose from.

]]> By: Torkild U. Resheim http://aniszczyk.org/2009/10/22/symbian-and-the-eclipse-public-license/comment-page-1/#comment-3122 Torkild U. Resheim Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:22:00 +0000 http://aniszczyk.org/?p=1310#comment-3122 "I think open source and open development is in. Will people care though?" Yes I agree with you. There are some big mastodons turning towards open source development (I work for one of them) but I don't think the effects will be noticeable very soon. I think Gartner's prediction is pretty close to what we will see. I don't think people in general will care. But they will feel the effects; in the form of better applications and (much) more to choose from. “I think open source and open development is in. Will people care though?”

Yes I agree with you. There are some big mastodons turning towards open source development (I work for one of them) but I don’t think the effects will be noticeable very soon. I think Gartner’s prediction is pretty close to what we will see. I don’t think people in general will care. But they will feel the effects; in the form of better applications and (much) more to choose from.

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