[luau] News - Motorola gambles big on Linux, Sinocapitalism

[Warren Togami]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/59/29361.html

Scott pointed to the enthusiasm that the announcement had generated on 
Slashdot as vindication. This was, he told us offstage, the single 
biggest platform pledge for handheld Linux by any major manufacturer. 
And in this, he is probably correct. By walking away from Symbian and 
Nokia, Motorola is unlocking a Pandora's Box of competitive forces from 
which it might or might not be able to profit.

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However, you can bet that brilliant Chinese technologists will take this 
offering and run with it. We hope they do, if only because it promises 
to add to our vocabulary immensely. We're used to describing the world 
in terms we already know - such as that ancient MBA staple of 
"horizontal" and "vertical" industries - proven by a business model we 
already "know" - the PC business. This is something entirely new. Anyone 
who patronizes the Chinese or otherwise underestimates the potential of 
China's state-owned capitalism to own an increasing share of its IP 
could be in for a nasty surprise.

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