This is pretty much business as usual in software development. You need to keep supporting old versions with bug fixes, while developing new features. And in mobile phone development, you have to make new releases at a fast pace.
What's interesting about this is really that they go public with it, which shows that the open source isn't just corporate bullshit from Symbian Foundation, but they're actually trying to be more open about things than Symbian have traditionally been.
“We're grateful that RIM has finally decided to pay some attention to the sizable number of non-PC users that have been stuck with poor alternatives for way too long.”
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This is pretty much business as usual in software development. You need to keep supporting old versions with bug fixes, while developing new features. And in mobile phone development, you have to make new releases at a fast pace.
What's interesting about this is really that they go public with it, which shows that the open source isn't just corporate bullshit from Symbian Foundation, but they're actually trying to be more open about things than Symbian have traditionally been.