[MeeGo-ivi] do you know when MeeGo 1.2.0.2 will be available

[Alison Chaiken]

Joel writes:


We have been struggling with the resources we have just to keep a couple of
platforms adaptations working sufficiently to enable the graphically rich
apps we borrowed from other devices, and voice recognition and text to
speech, and touchscreen all working.  [  .  .   . ]  This is certainly the
case in the absence of an IVI build for the S10-3T and Pandaboard etc which
we have really wanted to be able to do, but just have not had folks to make
it happen.

Joel, I appreciate your engagement with us.    Intel's commitment to open
governance of MeeGo and open discussion is exemplary, as is the AppUp
Developer Program.    Intel's generosity in event sponsorship and hardware
giveaways cannot be called into question.

What's missing in my opinion is *one* long-term-supported official IVI
Developer Supported Hardware Platform analogous to the TI Pandaboard or the
Samsung Origen or the Congatech board.    If Intel devoted just one employee
to maintaining a repo and a wiki for an officially supported Atom developer
board, that would make all the difference to those developers and small
businesses who want to create IVI-specific apps, not struggle with
touchscreen drivers.    For someone new to MeeGo IVI, there is considerable
effort involved in figuring out which HW is most compatible, ordering the
board and accessories, finding the best repos, etc.  This is a shame even
from the Intel marketing point of view, as the customers I speak to are
extremely interested in MeeGo on Atom for IVI applications, and they need a
lot of help and patience to get started.

Intel must have spent a lot of money giving away Ideapads and ExoPCs.    The
developer outreach program from the IVI point of view appears to be at 95%
of its goal, with a shortfall in the 5% of support.    There is still time
to fix the problem, but given the long lifecycle for automotive products,
I'm concerned that MeeGo IVI may miss the boat for the next generation.

-- 
Alison Chaiken
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"What you do for a living is not be creative, what you do is ship." -- Seth
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