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Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2013 11:44:55 -0700
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Subject: Re: archiving older platforms
From: Michael Brooks <michael@michaelbrooks.ca>
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>
> As far as bb 6 and 7, I am sure the majority of devices out there are BB 6
> and 7. BB10 just came out so there can't be that many yet. Developers don't
> seem to be interested in those platform though and I think the focus should
> be on BB10.


It would probably be more accurate to say "BlackBerry Java" which includes
BB 4.6/5/6/7 - yep, we "support" all the way back 4.6 although no one tests
that far back anymore.

I've heard BlackBerry voice the opinion that they would like to see Apache
Cordova focus solely on BlackBerry 10. However, PhoneGap/Build has seen a
large demand for BlackBerry 5 and 6.

+1 Bada

+1 webOS - we may want to bring this out of the Attic in the future

+1 QR - we may want to bring it this out of the Attic when gearing up for
Ubuntu Phone

+0 BB - I want to talk with the our PhoneGap/Build team to better
understand their stance. I'd also like Ken or Jeff from BlackBerry to chime
in with their opinion.

On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Anis KADRI <anis.kadri@gmail.com> wrote:

> +1 to kill those platforms and archive them in the attic :-D
>
> If WebOS, Qt become relevant again we can revive them from the attic.
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Anis KADRI <anis.kadri@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > According to [1]:
> >
> > "Projects whose PMC are unable to muster 3 votes for a release, who have
> > no active committers or are unable to fulfill their reporting duties to
> the
> > board are all good candidates for the Attic."
> >
> > I believe those projects satisfy the "no active committers" argument.
> >
> > I don't see any active committers for Bada, Qt or WebOS.
> >
> > Markus Leutwyler is the only WebOS committer and is no longer employed by
> > the company that is in charge of it and I am not sure if he's still
> > interested in maintaining it. There are still devices out there I am sure
> > but no new devices are getting shipped.
> >
> > Bada is officially dead [2] but they still released an SDK a couple of
> > weeks ago [3] O_O! They still owned #4 spot in Q3 2012 ahead of Windows
> > Phone [4]
> >
> > As far as bb 6 and 7, I am sure the majority of devices out there are BB
> 6
> > and 7. BB10 just came out so there can't be that many yet. Developers
> don't
> > seem to be interested in those platform though and I think the focus
> should
> > be on BB10.
> >
> > [1] http://attic.apache.org/
> > [2]
> >
> http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/samsung-scraps-bada-os-folds-it-tizen/2013-02-25
> > [3] http://static.bada.com/releasenotes/2.0.6.html
> > [4] http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2237315
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 10:15 PM, Brian LeRoux <b@brian.io> wrote:
> >
> >> The question has come up about our continued support for:
> >>
> >> - bada
> >> - webos
> >> - qt
> >> - bb6 & bb7
> >>
> >> Nobody is currently actively maintaining Bada, and Qt. However, I
> >> could see us wanting to keep Qt around given Ubuntu Phone. There are
> >> no new webOS devices, though rumours persist they could happen, it
> >> seems like its more of a ceremony than real support. The older BB
> >> platforms are maintained but the real focus is BB10.
> >>
> >> Thoughts?
> >>
> >
> >
>

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