eWeek: Symbian vs. Linux: Who Will Win in Wireless?

“It was Scott McNealy who made fun of me, a couple of short
years back, for suggesting that users might care what operating
system was inside their mobile phones. ‘You just switch it on!’ he
said. Not for the first time, Sun Microsystems’ CEO was living in
the past.

“These days, you have a choice between a dumb phone or a smart
phone. On both sides, the features are getting complex, and you do
care whether the phone runs Symbian, for example; or Microsoft
Windows Mobile; or Linux. And yes, Linux is starting to be the real
threat…”

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