Microsoft trying new way to get at Linux?

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I'm pretty sad to see the way things have panned out for Nokia.   They have
been pretty good supporters of open source.    The Nokia 770 and subsequent
devices could have turned into what Android is becoming.

Nokia have thrown big resources at research, it is sad to see them bailing
out to Microsoft like this.

On the other hand, I read a piece the other day about mobile companies who
previously did deals with MS to use windows mobile, they've pretty much all
bailed out to Android, so maybe Nokia will see the light before it is too
late.

John

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 8:55 PM, Ilija Milicevic <engr3337 at gmail.com> wrote:

> MS had no hardware and Nokia didn't do their due diligence on MeeGo. At
> least it looks like they're gonna open it up. Who knows, it might actually
> become the GNU/Linux of mobile phones (including broad hardware support,
> healthy software ecosystem and a decent user base).
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Mark Ueki Mina <themarker0 at hotmail.com>wrote:
>
>>  To me it looks more like "Microsoft wants to kill andriod." Nokia and
>> microsoft scrap symbian and use WP7.
>>
>>
>> > Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:31:13 -0500
>> > Subject: Re: Microsoft trying new way to get at Linux?
>> > From: dscassel at gmail.com
>> > To: ubuntu-ca at lists.ubuntu.com
>>
>> >
>> > I think a more accurate reading would be "Microsoft and Nokia trying a
>> > new way to stay even a little bit relevant in the mobile space."
>> >
>> > Darcy.
>> >
>> > On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Chris <candive1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12427680
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