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Nokia Takes Control of Symbian

Posted by simoniker on from the symbiosis dept.

jpatokal writes "CNN reports: Nokia has bought out Psion's share of Symbian, pushing its stake in the mobile phone OS to a dominant 63%. This means rivals like Siemens and Samsung may now pretty much be forced to choose between proprietary Nokia or Microsoft technology. Symbian may be the more open of the two, but GPL it ain't - does Linux now have an edge?" We reported on a rumor to this effect late last year.

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  1. Re:No, not yet. by ryanw · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    What "Linux on a PDA" needs is backing from a big vendor with plenty of cash to back it up.
    I'll say it once again. What linux needs is to drop the stupid GPL and go with a BSD license to allow a company to dump a bunch of money into their own tree of linux and gaurentee that they could make their investment dollars back. Otherwise, it will ALWAYS be stated how "Next year will be the Year LINUX will take over" .. The year will never arrive otherwise. It will always be several steps behind the competition.