i appreciate Roy Schestowitz for posting on such a good topic. I think
that as users understand the areas of application for this free OS,
Linux will become even more and more popular.
>| last week's Mobile World Congress here heard a cry for openness:
> | for applications and services that can run independently of cellular
> | operators on any mobile device.
I'm waiting for this to happen
Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Open season on carriers
>
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> | Apple's iPhone, Google's Android OS platform and Nokia's Maps 2.0 GPS
> | technology are striking a blow against cellular network operators' closed and
> | lucrative business model. Where the operators have long been accustomed to
> | dictating services, applications, device definitions and--most of
> | all--prices, last week's Mobile World Congress here heard a cry for openness:
> | for applications and services that can run independently of cellular
> | operators on any mobile device.
> `----
>
> http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206504465
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> How is the iPhone a part of this, unless it's unlocked (service) and opened for
> 3rd-party development? Android (Linux), on the other hand...
>
>
> Related:
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> Google's open access challenge
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> | Since their wireless oligopoly is their primary source of profits, a
> | successful move by Google could also force AT&T and Verizon to compete in the
> | wired space, freeing more bits on their current networks, which are now being
> | hoarded for pay TV services.
> `----
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> http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=1235
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>
> Google edges into wireless e-mail
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> | Last Thursday, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's chief executive officer,
> | told an analyst meeting that his company needed to push back
> | against the emerging trend of free Web-based software.
> `---- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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> http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070218.wgooog0218/BNStory/Technology/home
> http://tinyurl.com/2q9j97
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> Linux powers $50 wireless mesh router
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Meraki was founded by CEO Sanjit Biswas, and is based in Mountain
> | View, Calif. In February, it closed a $5 million funding round led
> | by Google and Sequoia Capital.
> `-- ^^^^^^
>
> http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4963484100.html
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>
> What Android means for Apple, MS, open source, enterprises
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | The GPhone never happened, but Android is a much more significant development
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | A better approach, argues Dan Kohn, COO of the Linux Foundation, is to pick
> | one set of standards that IT will support for calendaring, email
> | applications, VPN and so on, and tell users they can use any mobile phone
> | compatible with those standards.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | What Android means for open source and Linux
> | Linux already has a major presence on mobile phones, but the entrance of
> | Google and the Open Handset Alliance -- which has 34 member organisations
> | worldwide -- adds to the momentum.
> |
> | "We're a huge believer in diversity of options on mobile phones," Kohn of the
> | Linux Foundation says. "Linux is already an important, growing presence
> | there. I think having the Google software as an additional open source option
> | is only going to accelerate that adoption."
> `----
>
> http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/netw/D22188C825F8528FCC257394007BE16D
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