Comments on: How NOT to open source an OS http://www.biggu.com/2009/01/01/how-not-to-open-source-an-os/ Developers of ShopSavvy Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:36:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Big in Japan http://www.biggu.com/2009/01/01/how-not-to-open-source-an-os/comment-page-1/#comment-1232 Big in Japan Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:07:41 +0000 http://www.biggu.com/?p=1239#comment-1232 Symbian version is not on our roadmap. Thanks for the info on Symbian - I will put a call into them next week to see if I can confirm. Symbian version is not on our roadmap. Thanks for the info on Symbian – I will put a call into them next week to see if I can confirm.

]]> By: Fernando http://www.biggu.com/2009/01/01/how-not-to-open-source-an-os/comment-page-1/#comment-1231 Fernando Sat, 10 Jan 2009 05:20:11 +0000 http://www.biggu.com/?p=1239#comment-1231 well, it takes time to find out who coded, what's the license and such stuff for each of the 7 million lines of code that are on symbian. also, the Symbian SDK is free, the $1500 bux are only for using symbian on a phone you plan on manufacturing. and at last, you can code for symbian os/s60 in a million different ways, java, wrt(Nokia's widget platform, mix of css html and js), python, standard C and native Symbian C++. plus when QT for S60 comes out later this year, you can port fully native apps with standard C and code the UI using QT. Without touching a bit of symbian specific code. lol, and to think I've found this site while searching for who did shopsavvy and ask for a symbian/s60 version. well, it takes time to find out who coded, what’s the license and such stuff for each of the 7 million lines of code that are on symbian.

also, the Symbian SDK is free, the $1500 bux are only for using symbian on a phone you plan on manufacturing.

and at last, you can code for symbian os/s60 in a million different ways, java, wrt(Nokia’s widget platform, mix of css html and js), python, standard C and native Symbian C++. plus when QT for S60 comes out later this year, you can port fully native apps with standard C and code the UI using QT. Without touching a bit of symbian specific code.

lol, and to think I’ve found this site while searching for who did shopsavvy and ask for a symbian/s60 version.

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