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InfoWorld: Handsets Are The Last Frontier for Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 16, 2005

“We’ve all heard the Microsoft pitch a thousand times–if you’re
running Windows on the server and the desktop, it only makes sense
to run it on the handheld. But if that argument is valid then
perhaps Microsoft is soon to be hoisted on its own petard.

“The various resellers of Linux can make the very same argument,
especially to corporate IT, with this additional benefit: With
Linux, in theory, you get a far more open OS than either Windows or
Palm OS, and users need to be less concerned with the OS in
general…”

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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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