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October 31st, 2011 - 06:06 am ET by bbgruff | Report spam
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I thought I'd get that (subject line) in before our old friend flatfish
does!
It's actually the El Reg sub-title for a piece
"Canonical: Mobile OEMs are going to love our Linux"
- in effect, a report on what Mark Shuttleworth said at the Ubuntu
Developer Summit in Florida.

You may or may not agree with the way that Ubuntu has been going (Unity).
Personally, I have no problem with it, given that Gnome is only a click
away.
However, I think it does explain *why* Canonical has gone this way - the
talk now is of GNU/Linux, as opposed to Android, on phones, tablets,
transformers, etc.

Whether or not "it's going to fly", I don't know, but certainly it could
address those patent claims, lack-of-open" criticisms, and upgrade
criticisms.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/1...s_tablets/
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#1 Homer
October 31st, 2011 - 01:22 pm ET | Report spam
Verily I say unto thee that bbgruff spake thusly:

"Canonical: Mobile OEMs are going to love our Linux"



Just as I predicted, although 2014 is a bit late IMO.

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#2 Snit
October 31st, 2011 - 02:03 pm ET | Report spam
Homer stated in post on 10/31/11 11:22 AM:

Verily I say unto thee that bbgruff spake thusly:

"Canonical: Mobile OEMs are going to love our Linux"



Just as I predicted, although 2014 is a bit late IMO.



An amazing prediction... given how they are making Unity which is clearly
meant to be mobile device friendly.


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#3 Roy Schestowitz
November 01st, 2011 - 03:47 am ET | Report spam
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____/ Homer on Monday 31 Oct 2011 18:22 : \____

Verily I say unto thee that bbgruff spake thusly:

"Canonical: Mobile OEMs are going to love our Linux"



Just as I predicted, although 2014 is a bit late IMO.



Apple is already having many issues. This leaves the market open
to many Linux vendors. Microsoft is nowhere in sight there.

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#4 Snit
November 01st, 2011 - 10:24 am ET | Report spam
Roy Schestowitz stated in post on 11/1/11
1:47 AM:

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____/ Homer on Monday 31 Oct 2011 18:22 : \____

Verily I say unto thee that bbgruff spake thusly:

"Canonical: Mobile OEMs are going to love our Linux"



Just as I predicted, although 2014 is a bit late IMO.



Apple is already having many issues. This leaves the market open
to many Linux vendors. Microsoft is nowhere in sight there.



The mobile market is wide open right now... lots of room for growth. There
will be many people entering the market and then there will be consolidation
in a few years.


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