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Verizon Wireless to introduce Linux phones

By PETER SVENSSON, AP Technology Writer, Electronic Devices / Consumer & Gadgets
(AP) -- Verizon Wireless is backing a free operating system that competes with programs from Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. and expects it to become the "preferred" software on its network.



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Posted by lowbatteries 05/14/08 17:31
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The article fails to mention that Google's Android is also open source and based on Linux, so software developed for one system can probably be ported to the other, and each project can benefit from the achievements of the other.
 
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