Gartner analyst Roberta Cozza suggested that, given the strong emergence of free, open-source operating systems, Microsoft might find it difficult to demand licence fees from smart phone manufacturers for the mobile operating software. She also added that the recently introduced Windows Mobile 6.5 was not "a major improvement" from its predecessors.
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Windows Mobile Down to Single-Digit Market Share as Linux Grows
Microsoft on the rapid decline, especially in particular areas where Linux gains quickly
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Linux Climbs Fast in Mobile, Microsoft ‘Screws’ Badly with Windows Mobile 6.5
Free/open source software and UNIX to gain more at the expense of Windows based on the latest judgments
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Dark Days for Windows Mobile, But Not For Open Source Platforms
Things are looking increasingly bad for Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system, and they may be looking bad for Palm, too.
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Google's Android just a press release, says Ballmer
Google's plans to enter the mobile industry with a cell phone platform might have impressed many in the industry but not Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft and one of Google's biggest competitors.
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A New Adventure! Windows Mobile and Ubuntu Linux
I was almost sure that there would be no way to synchronize my Windows Mobile Outlook information (contacts, tasks, schedule, etc.) with Ubuntu. But after a bit of tinkering this morning I'm amazed to report that I am able to synchronize with Ubuntu! Not only is this fact amazing standing by itself, it is even more incredible when one considers that I cannot even synchronize this data with Vista
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