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IT-Director: Linux–The Openwave Alternative

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[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood for this link. ]

“When you’re a mobile user, operating systems don’t matter. Or
at least they shouldn’t affect your buying decisions in the way
they affect those of an IT manager. The more important items on
your mind are likely to be usability, style and battery life. So
why are there suddenly several important players talking about
their plans for mobile open source Unix, Linux? Recently Motorola,
and now Openwave Systems Inc at the DEMOmobile 2003 conference in
La Jolla, Southern California.

“Openwave announced the availability of their Phone Suite
Version 7 (V7) for Linux at the conference. V7 for Linux has been
validated and works with MontaVista Linux Consumer Electronics
Edition (CEE). This operating system includes advanced features
applicable to the mobile device space such as dynamic power
management, rapid boot time, and close integration with the
supported hardware platforms…”

Complete
Story

Related Story:
The
Register: Linux Mobile Phones Get v7 Suite Boost from
OpenWave(Sep 19, 2003)

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