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	smoku	2010-06-11 , 21:08
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Originally Posted by Venemo

What I don't really understand is why does Nokia hold to their closed-source stuff so much?
I mean, they could do as Intel already does.

Their money come from hardware sales, so they could afford to give out the software freely.

Closed components is Nokia added value and added value is a core of every business. No business could survive giving away their added value to competitors.

If you compare Nokia to Intel, Nokia is not a hardware vendor. Nokia is OEM in this context. They do not actually produce their hardware - only assemble hardware produced by others, putting an added value in.

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