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	skalogre	2010-07-07 , 22:10
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Originally Posted by danramos

I'm not convinced by all the brouhaha about competitors knowing your upcoming device specs and plans. Had the N900 been a completely open-source friendly device, NONE of that would have been relevant or mattered. The community would maintain it and advance it a LOT better than Nokia has managed.

Ok, first of all there is a lot more to the device than just the open source software/OS. What about all the hardware and RF antenae et.c.? Secondly, it was not just the N900 that he blew the whistle on- it was many products, most of them S60.

And don't say something like "well they could have used open-source hardware" - see OpenMoko for how well that works out. There is a place for IP, especially with the largest mobile device manufacturer in the world behind it.

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