____/ Ramon F Herrera on Monday 24 December 2007 01:13 : \____
>> Hello world - Avoiding punitive roaming charges abroad
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>> | Unlike the iPhone, the Neo comes with global positioning and navigation
>> | maps, a slot for a Smart Digital memory card, and a Linux-style
>> | "applications manager" for downloading, updating or removing software
>> | applications. It also offers BlackBerry-style instant e-mail along with
>> | the ability to synchronise with a PC.
>> |
>> | A host of applications--from exercise programmes and calorie counters to
>> | alcohol breathalysers--are being made available by a global community of
>> | Linux programmers. Check out what's coming atwww.openmoko.org.
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>> http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9531007
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> "By some reckonings, Linux fans will soon outnumber Macintosh addicts.
> Linus Torvalds should be rightly proud."
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> ...and RMS, rightly (leftly?) pissed.
Well, Linus /did/ after all started hacking on Minix to create a piece of
software which occupies about 3% of Debian GNU/Linux.
> For obvious reasons, The Economist is not a big fan of the Cambridge
> Prophet, the one with the biblical look and wrath to match.
>
> -RFH
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