Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Opportunity and threat of open source hardware
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>| The story indicates future East Asian hardware will be
>| increasingly based on Linux. It is the transparency of
>| open source code that clinches the deal. The fact that
>| it's cheap and legal is causing governments throughout
>| Asia to support the movement.
>|
>| [...]
>|
>| The story indicates future East Asian hardware will be
>| increasingly based on Linux. It is the transparency of
>| open source code that clinches the deal. The fact that
>| it's cheap and legal is causing governments throughout
>| Asia to support the movement.
> `----
>
> http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=868
Particularly revealing is this opening statement:
| A story hit the wires today saying 70% of Asian developers
| now use open source and its use has gone up 40% in just
| three years.
Linux is on the incline and the proprietary incumbents are on
a decline.
:-)
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HPT
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