On 4 May 2011 03:13, Lisi <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tuesday 03 May 2011 16:55:40 shawn wilson wrote: > > On May 3, 2011 11:06 AM, "green" <greenfreedo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > giovanni_re wrote at 2011-05-02 22:35 -0500: > > > > What Smartphone do you use? > > > > > > Probably the Nokia N810 does not count, considering it is not GSM or > CDMA > > > capable. And at this point it seems unlikely that Debian will ever run > > > on it. > > > > Whaaaaat? Might want to Google again. IIRC, Nokia's phones were the > closest > > to linux 5+ years before Apple or Google ever thought of making a phone. > > The n7xx, n8xx and n9xx should run most (if not all?) linux programs that > > can be compiled on an ARM. > > > > IIRC, OS2008 was a port of debian. > > > > Also, even symbian has Unix roots as I remember an old defcon or bh talk > > where the guy was explaining how they had implemented an old kernel with > > tons of known vulnerabilities. > > Yes. But now that Nokia is throwing its lot in with MS, and closing down > many > of its software development facilities, and symbian is already dead, that > is > all likely to change, and is probably what green meant. So on this > particular occasion it is probably you who should Google! >
No, Symbian is still actively developing. They've just gone back to their original O.S. goals. They were around before Nokia started splashing money around and still are. Regards, Weaver. -- Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. — Lucius Annæus Seneca. Terrorism, the new religion.
