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on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:47:39 GMT
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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Open Networks, Open Platforms Seen As Mobile Industry's Future
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>> | Google's Android operating system and VoIP applications like Skype will
>> | be major contributors, a panel of communications experts predicts.
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>> http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206903247&subSection=News
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> Why do they rant its Linux when the apps are not native Linux
> applications?
??
I see no rant here at all, except a plea for continued Net
neutrality (briefly put, the Net should not discriminate
against the competition when it comes to routing packets,
data, or both).
It turns out the MPAA has a slightly different opinion...
($100/month?? And I thought cable was bad...)
>
> The future of mobile is going to happen ONLY with
> Linux and Linux based telephony applications with standard
> PC developer systems like gcc, gtk / kde.
Debatable, though no other freeware OS is really ready to
step into the breach at this point.
>
> The longer they resist the more time and money they loose.
>
We'll see. Certainly the Orange Phone isn't exactly
getting a lot of buzz anymore. ;-) But Symbian still holds
a goodly fraction of the market, last I looked, although
Google's Android looks poised to make a run for it.
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