Thread: Which device type is the real competitor?
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2008-09-23 , 13:59
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#58
Originally Posted by allnameswereout View Post
I can see the overlapping ideology between being against a vendor lock-in and being against proprietary software or proprietary standards.

Personally, I hate proprietary standards the most because these provide a basis for proprietary software and vendor lock-in.



There are some valid concerns regarding scalibility though.
The idealogies behind vendor lock-in and proprietary software are quite different. Vendor lock-in is per se anti-competitive. This may make your head explode but it is possible to have open source DRM (research PGP encryption technology)

Your scalability link is off the mark too. HSDPA and HSUPA are part of the cellular carrier network.