TomTom Leaches

“I purchased this device after learning that TomTom are a Linux
company, or so I thought, after having read about how TomTom was
sued by Microsoft for breach of copyright on the use of FAT32, and
how TomTom had sought assistance from the Linux Foundation, and
also that the TomTom devices are built on top of the Linux kernel
and other Free Software tools.

“Nothing could be further from the truth. Tom Tom are not, I
repeat are not a Linux company, they are not even a Linux friendly
company, what they are, in fact, are leaches, they use Linux and
other free Software, and even run to the Linux foundation when
threatened by the likes of Microsoft, but they do not support
Linux, and nor, based on the replies I’ve received, does appear
likely they are about to. They use Linux and Free software because
it reduces their costs, but they are not prepared to give a single
thing back to the community they take from.”

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