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Old 26th Jun 2008, 08:29   #1
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Nokia makes Symbian open source

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/06...-open-source/1

Finnish mobile giant Nokia has announced plans to purchase all remaining rights to the Symbian mobile platform in order to release it under an open source licence.

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Old 26th Jun 2008, 08:32   #2
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Is it me or are we living in a much more "Open" culture lately?
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Old 26th Jun 2008, 08:33   #3
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I think your right Glider, you should run out and buy a Mac that'll take care of that close platform itch you've got
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Naah, I'm forced to use Windows plenty of times to keep me 'sharp'...
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Old 26th Jun 2008, 15:34   #5
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Will someone port it to x86 so I can put it on my PC.. purely for lulz..
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Quote:
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Is it me or are we living in a much more "Open" culture lately?
is that a complaint, 2 years is quite a while to wait, probably (read hopefully) have picked android by then
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It was an observation
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best news I've heard in a long time. Although I do write this from an iPod touch. It may be too late for symbian to win me back
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