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Daniel Shen, Taipei; Steve Shen, DIGITIMES Asia
Friday 7 September 2007
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Posted on Sep 8, 11:13
So, they prefer to pay to be told how and what their devices will do. Guess why iPhone and (still rumored) gPhone are not based on Windows software! To be creative, one has to break free of the limitations "forced" by others.Posted on Sep 8, 11:08
Do they really think been dependent of a single supplier (called "partner" in the text) is better than the freedom, including business and development freedom, available with Linux solutions?(or BSD or other)
Posted on Sep 8, 01:27
What they say is basically: "we are pitiful, because of our inability to talk meaningfully to the FOSS community, basically because we don't want the community to steal our precious secrets"Posted on Sep 7, 22:19
Many Taiwanese brands simply fail to rise beyond the cookie cutter installation of commercial Windows. Their device user interface is so easily copied by the gazillion other competitors. Many choose the safer 5% margin route by remaining an ODM/OEM.