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Nokia Could Make Linux Top Embedded OS

Posted by timothy on from the sea-changes-considered-not-promised dept.

prostoalex writes "Nokia's experiment with N770 prototype device and its own Linux-based dev platform got the folks from ARCchart thinking - Is Nokia ready to jump the Symbian ship and switch to Linux? TechWeb chimes in: "Such a switch by Symbian would make Linux, in one fell swoop, the leading mobile device platform. It already is riding a wave with PalmSource's decision to port the Palm OS to Linux and a defection by Nokia would seal the deal.""

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  1. Re:Why does everyone here love Linux? by wlan0 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Troll. Anti-linux site.

  2. Maybe by badgerbadger · · Score: 0, Troll

    They will actually switch to linux. Just like Micro$oft, and good open-minded people will loose their enemies. Everything is lost. No 'Big Bad' to fight against anymore. And all the people writing viruses will loose their job, or get twisted and join those M$ forces now trying to write linux virus. Living in harmony? No, life is not fun that way. Otherwise Star Wars would have been about happy people living in peace.

  3. Re:Linux: Nokia's Answer to Motorola by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Ha. Linux is hardly free the way these corportations use it. In fact it is probably more expensive than their in house solutions.