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2009-09-24 , 17:22
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Originally Posted by korbé View Post
PC manufacturers are not "competitive advantage" with the software they pre-install on their PCs. Yet they make profit.

Well, OK, PCs are mostly sold with Windows and Windows is not FOSS. But Windows is also disponnible for Chinese companies of copies and PC manufacturers make still profits.

Why?
Because there is already an open market for PC. It wasn't built by opensource operating systems, rather Linux piggybacked on the commercial success of DOS\Windows to take advantage of aftermarket x86 components as their host.

To understand the futility of your argument, you have to see it from Nokia's view. (Don't be selfish)

As I said, if you can come up with a good and thriving example of a company that releases a brand new device, with 100% opensource codes that is not directly compatible with anything before it (Your PC argument failed this condition which I have stated in my previous post) then we can talk on even grounds.
 

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