On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:58:08 -0500, flatfish+++ wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 17:48:54 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Photos: Top 10 pieces of Linux kit
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>> | Linux has also long been a force in mobiles, with a number of |
>> manufacturers, big and small alike, producing smart phones based | on
>> an open source OS.
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>> http://hardware.silicon.com/pdas/0,39024643,39164150-3,00.htm
>
> Kit?
> I thought that was sh.....
> Oh, sorry, my mistake.
>
> Anyhow, here is yet another example of the Linux Loonies at work.
>
> "For those who see mobiles as more of a hobby than a communications
> device, two manufacturers have also set about making phones that
> developers can adapt and amend themselves by running them on a
> completely open OS."
>
> "Both the Greenphone, shown here, by Trolltech and the Neo 1973, which
> runs on the Open MoKo platform, are the two Linux phones that are crying
> out to be hacked."
>
>
> Yes ladies and germs, this is brought to you by the Linux Loonie
> community.
Why do you persist in mischaracterising the Linux community as 'loonies',
flatfish?
> The same people who:
>
> Buy playstations to run Linux instead of using them the play games.
So?
> Buy iPods to run Linux instead of playing music/videos.
So?
> Strange group.
> Very strange.
How is being an enthusiastic hobbyist 'strange'? Or is anything you don't
want to do supposed to be 'strange'? What a narrow-minded freak you are.
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Kier
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