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Cellphone giants pit Linux against Microsoft, Symbian
linuxdevices.com — Six of the world's largest telecommunications companies have officially launched a non-profit foundation that aims to create a common Linux-based mobile phone software platform. The founders are Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic Mobile Communications, Samsung Electronics, and Vodafone.
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- schestowitz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I thought something similar was arranged last year... let me see if I can find a reference. Can't find it off-hand, but there's a /deja vu/ here...
- naxx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Yes, I can't quite recall either. It could have been just Motorola, but I'm not certain.
- deviceguru, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3The main 'deja vu' here is that there've been a ton of similar efforts over the last couple years, as mentioned in the article. But, you're correct, the plan to form a group was made known last year, and further details began to emerge in the fall, so you have probably heard about this one during its formative stages (most likely listed in the article's 'related stories' section).
- dukeinlondon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I doubt it's going to have any effect on the decade old push that MS is doing in the phone sector....
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