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More changes at Openmoko

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 4, 2009

“As CEO, I have to determine the best path forward for our phone
business. And after long discussions with my key people and Board,
we’ve decided that the best path foreword is to turn the future of
the Freerunner over to the community.

“We’ve always said that the talent and creativity of those
outside the company is superior to that inside the company. We have
stuck to these principles. We’ve have opened up more than any other
phone, from any other company, in the history of this industry.
Every time we chose openness over internal control, we have been
rewarded.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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