Why Intel Should Buy Nokia

An opinion piece at ZDNet makes the case that Intel is the best match for struggling handset-maker Nokia, arguing that Intel needs help breaking into the smartphone market and Nokia isn't tied as tightly to Qualcomm/ARM hardware as other vendors. From the article: "Another factor in favor of a union is Nokia and Intel's shared history — albeit not the most successful — of working together in mobile, thanks to their collaboration on the Linux-based MeeGo mobile OS. What's more, Intel has a long relationship with Microsoft, handy given the impending release of Windows Phone 8 and Nokia's new-found commitment to Microsoft's platform. The fact that Intel is currently using Android, as seen with Orange's San Diego smartphone, isn't much of a hindrance; Intel has already said it hasn't written off the idea of using Windows Phone 8 in future, and due to the x86 architecture, Android phones that use Intel's Atom processor won't even run all of the apps on Google Play, suggesting the relationship between Android and Intel isn't all it could be."

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Rapid Release is a non-issue

[dgharmon]

"Either Mozilla gets Firefox right .. or Mozilla screws up and you threaten to ditch the browser in favor Chrome .. There has been some discussion and finger-pointing, and it seems that the rapid release process has to take the blame this time. Are we right to blame the rapid release process?"

No, we are not right to blame the 'rapid release process`, nobody forces you to upgrade. The only time such would be the case was if some web site broke on changing your browser. But that's not the case with Mozilla as they wouldn't have a financial stake in doing so. Besides which it is possible to run two versions of Firefox at the same time. This whole 'issue' was thought up in some PR department and is totally bogus, a bit like the Android fragmentation 'issue' ...