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Originally Posted by korbé View Post
1 million.

The number of HTC G1 sold in U.S.A by T-Mobile.

Source [In French]

Yet it is equipped with Android, an OS that HTC's competitors can also install on their smartphones.

And this Android, except for some drivers and 4 applications softwares, are FOSS.

These 4 applications softwares proprietary are:
- gMail --> replaceable by a FOSS e-mail client.
- gTalk --> replaceable by a FOSS IM Client.
- Google Map --> require much work, but replaceable by a FOSS Map Software.
- Adroid Market --> replaceable by a package manager (ex: PackageKit) to provide FOSS softwares.

So we can say that the HTC G1 was sold with an OS almost pure FOSS to 1 million copies.

There are exist even "100% FOSS version" of Android.

If HTC can it, Nokia can it.

PS: Some people ask for an example with numbers, it is.

I'm not sure what point you're making with that set of data ... especially right now, when those 4 "Google Experience" apps have caused controversy in the Android camp (Google recently issued a Cease and Desist letter to one of the bigger Android hackers over those 4 apps).

So, it would seem that:
1) Android, even in its most vanilla form, is not 100% FOSS ... it has apps and components that are flat out "not open". Just like Maemo.
2) Nokia is being more open than Google about it ... haven't seen nor heard of a C&D letter to the Mer team, for example.

It would seem to me that you've just undermined your own argument against Nokia's positioning/etc. with Maemo.
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