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Russell Beattie Notebook: The Future of Mobility is Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 6, 2005

“Okay, I’ve had an opinion change I’d like to announce. I’m
betting that the future of mobility will be Linux, and not Symbian,
Windows or anything else. This is quite a change from my previous
pro-Symbian stances, but I’ve been sort of leaning this way for a
while–or rather, leaning away from Symbian as it fails to live up
to its potential–and now I’ve finally come to a religious change
of faith when it comes to mobile OSes.

“First, let me say that my original thoughts on Symbian have
pretty much come to pass…”

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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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