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Articles tagged with: Open Source and Ovum
Android based Netbooks to Emerge in 2009
Opinion by Laurent Lachal, Ovum Open Source Research Director
Upwards view: Linux is losing ground
The upwards view of netbooks starts with netbooks and looks up to laptops. It
leads to two conclusions. First, the laptop market is becoming increasingly
complex, with market segments catered for by a growing variety of low-cost
netbooks and laptops. Second, after a strong start, Linux netbooks have now been
overtaken by Windows netbooks and Linux is lagging increasingly behind in terms
of sales - although Linux's performance in the netbook segment is still
outstanding compared to its overall performance in the desktop market.
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Related Tags: android, google, windows-mobile, semiconductor, intel, smartphone, apple, ipod, smartphones, wind, netbooks, netbook, mobile-internet, freescale-semiconductor, asus, operating-system, windows, freescale, linux, laptop
Open source in mobile phones: challenges for software vendors
Opinion piece by Adam Leach, principal analyst at Ovum
Open source is the emerging development methodology for mobile phones,
reducing operational costs, harnessing innovation and shortening time to market
for new devices and services. With both Nokia and Google already choosing an
open source model for their mobile platforms over the past twelve months, the
pressure is on independent software vendors (ISVs) in the mobile market to adopt
an open source strategy.
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Related Tags: google, sun-microsystems, mobile-messaging, rsa, edge, benchmarking, sun