Re: Canonical showcases Ubuntu Netbook Remix at Computex
Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 124.234.145.0]
on June 07, 2008 10:09 PM
Ubuntu UNR simply enables more users the freedom of installing more free non-networking/networking software on their mobile devices.
Ubuntu UNR is not constraining the users to only install non-free/proprietary software on the mobile devices.
The new added-value item the phone/mobile device providers are selling here is the ability for more non-networked/networked customization of your mobile device providing that the UNR mobile device users pay the monthly wireless networking fee of course. The device costs more, but the network service price will remain the same, if not go down as the number of users go up. This definitely is A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
To add perspective, in the not-so-distant past the cell-phone providers:
-would install proprietary non-networking applications on your cell-phone for a one-shot fee. This was not user freedom.
-would install proprietary networking applications on your cell-phone for an added monthly-fee. This was not user freedom.
-would permit the user to install do-it-yourself Java J2ME networking applications on your phone for an added wireless data monthly-fee. Nothing has changed here. One still needs to pay for the wireless data networking fee. This was user freedom, but limited to the spectrum of the available J2ME application repository. As we all know the Linux application repository is much bigger than what is available for J2ME or for Microsoft Windows for that matter. This is the Linux strength being put on display for the whole world to see and finally understand.
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Re: Canonical showcases Ubuntu Netbook Remix at Computex
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 124.234.145.0] on June 07, 2008 10:09 PMUbuntu UNR is not constraining the users to only install non-free/proprietary software on the mobile devices.
The new added-value item the phone/mobile device providers are selling here is the ability for more non-networked/networked customization of your mobile device providing that the UNR mobile device users pay the monthly wireless networking fee of course. The device costs more, but the network service price will remain the same, if not go down as the number of users go up. This definitely is A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
To add perspective, in the not-so-distant past the cell-phone providers:
-would install proprietary non-networking applications on your cell-phone for a one-shot fee. This was not user freedom.
-would install proprietary networking applications on your cell-phone for an added monthly-fee. This was not user freedom.
-would permit the user to install do-it-yourself Java J2ME networking applications on your phone for an added wireless data monthly-fee. Nothing has changed here. One still needs to pay for the wireless data networking fee. This was user freedom, but limited to the spectrum of the available J2ME application repository. As we all know the Linux application repository is much bigger than what is available for J2ME or for Microsoft Windows for that matter. This is the Linux strength being put on display for the whole world to see and finally understand.
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