Linux mobile software firm plants flag in China
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| A design center in the South of France specializing in Linux mobile phone
| development has opened offices in Beijing. Purple Labs's China office will be
| headed by newly appointed GM of Asian sales Gordon Tsang (pictured at left),
| formerly of Openwave.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2318890994.html
A bit of old news, but announced now as well:
Wind River: commercial Linux selected by LiMo Foundation
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| Wind River announced that the LiMo Foundation has selected Wind River’s
| commercial Linux technology as the foundation for its Common Integration
| Environment (CIE).
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http://www.embedded-control-europe.com/prodnews?cat=1&pid=1217
"One person in Helsinki can quickly write the core of a sophisticated operating
system."
--John Warden, lead attorney at Microsoft
Related:
PCs being pushed aside in Japan
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| The PC's role in Japanese homes is diminishing, as its once-awesome monopoly
| on processing power is encroached by gadgets such as smart phones that act
| like pocket-size computers, advanced Internet-connected game consoles,
| digital video recorders with terabytes of memory.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071104/ap_on_hi_te/bye_bye_pcs
Linux Sees 'Astronomic' Growth in Mobile Devices
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| "We were very aware that the growth in mobile for Linux was huge, but we
| didn't know it was so astronomic," Amanda McPherson, marketing director for
| the Linux Foundation, told LinuxInsider. "These are very encouraging
| numbers." Why Linux has drawn significant support from the community of
| handset manufacturers can be explained on several fronts, McPherson said.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/59162.html
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