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Mozilla Firefox OS – Just an ‘Academic’ Exercise?

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Sean Michael Kerner
Jan 24, 2013

While I’m personally optimistic about the prospects of Firefox OS, there are some detractors.

“Much like Chrome OS in the desktop, Firefox OS is an interesting academic exercise that will test the limits of what is currently possible with mobile web technologies,” Nick Dillon, senior analyst at Ovum, stated

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Sean Michael Kerner

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