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lma	2009-07-10 , 18:21
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Originally Posted by Milhouse

What difference does it make? Moblin and Maemo are both operating systems (with associated applications) that will find their way into the hands of the consumer, either directly or via an OEM.

The main difference is that Intel sell chips, not devices - ie in a moblin vs maemo comparison they are are more analogous to ARM and TI than Nokia. Moblin is important to them because every vendor who stuck Linux on a netbook or MID in the last 2-3 years made a complete hash of it, but they don't care about things like UI "differentiation" and such.

Last edited by lma; 2009-07-10 at 18:53.

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