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Originally Posted by vvaz
Or, to put it another way, they lost out to the likes of Red Hat (where they're almost entirely open-source). :P
Interesting articles and Slashdot discussion about relations between big corporation, concentrated on hardware and its closed source system and Open Source community:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12...d_open_source/
http://developers.slashdot.org/artic.../12/08/0256257
I find Slashdot comments much closer to the mark than McNealy whining but whole thing should IMO be noted here (and maybe in Finland).
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Nokia's slogan shouldn't be the pedo-palmgrabbing image with the slogan, "Connecting People"... It should be one hand open pleadingly with another hand giving the middle finger and the more apt slogan, "Potential Unrealized." --DR
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12...d_open_source/
http://developers.slashdot.org/artic.../12/08/0256257
I find Slashdot comments much closer to the mark than McNealy whining but whole thing should IMO be noted here (and maybe in Finland).