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[Apocalypso]

ARM, Freescale, IBM, Samsung, ST-Ericsson and Texas Instruments Form New Company to Speed the Rollout of Linux-Based Devices



ARM, Freescale Semiconductor, IBM, Samsung, ST-Ericsson and Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI), today announced the formation of Linaro, a not-for-profit open source software engineering company dedicated to enhancing open source innovation for the next wave of always-connected, always-on computing.

Linaro’s work will help developers and manufacturers provide consumers with more choice, more responsive devices and more diverse applications on Linux-based systems.

Linaro aligns the expertise of industry-leading electronics companies to accelerate innovation among Linux developers on the most advanced semiconductor SoCs (System-on-Chip). The current wave of “always-conn... .. .

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Teo

[philnice]

Although it was the first thought that crossed my mind while reading these lines, i'll say it:
Miracles, do happen...

[Nokia 5700]

Seems like Linux, previously unknown, has grown to be known.
What a development. I just hope the world wont consist of Android in 10 years.
I hope there will be MeeGo and Symbian there as well, I just dont like Android.

[philnice]

Nokia 57OO, open source made by users, for users. So, there always gonna be alternatives and multi-choices.

[Nokia 5700]

I hope there will be a system like Maemo in the future, having access to a command line gives you unlimited possibilities of what you can do. (No limits as long as you remember to use sudo gainroot.)
Its a great thing that there is Xterm in MeeGo, it will pass the geek-ness onto the new generations of phones.