<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 10:11 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ewenix@raccoon.com">ewenix@raccoon.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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</div>While you see some of that functionality<br>
available, I would say it's not mine in the Make magazine mindset.</blockquote></div><br>Well said. I'm sure many of us on the list share this mindset. I want to be able to change everything about the phone, not just write sandboxed applets.<br>
<br>Linux kernel hacker Harald Welte recently discussed the G1 phone's lack of true openness on his blog.<br><a href="http://laforge.gnumonks.org/weblog/2008/12/09">http://laforge.gnumonks.org/weblog/2008/12/09</a><br>
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I still think it's extremely weird that you actually buy a device,
and then don't own it. I would have no problem if the device is rented from
the manufacturer or the mobile network operator. Sure, then in this rented
device, only they control what kind of software you use. But this is not
the case. People buy it, pay money, legally own the device but technically
don't.
</p></blockquote>- Nathan<br>