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| From | Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.raspberry-pi |
| Subject | Re: Linux, Windows and rPi |
| Date | 2015-08-04 19:19 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <mpr384$apg$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | (3 earlier) <20150804024345.0e6bead7@ntlworld.com> <mpq0ef$qhi$2@dont-email.me> <qzd*vzdCv@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk> <mpqss1$ejc$1@dont-email.me> <slrnms20t7.vu3.nomail@xs9.xs4all.nl> |
On Tue, 04 Aug 2015 18:25:43 +0000, Rob wrote: > Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> wrote: >> On Tue, 04 Aug 2015 16:25:08 +0100, Theo Markettos wrote: >> >>> Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> wrote: >>>> Maybe so, but the sudden disappearance of many brands of satnavs >>>> (Binatone, Vertica, Medion to name a few) from Maplins and online >>>> shops a month or three after M$ killed WM5/6 without an apparent >>>> successor and their subsequent arrival as NIB items on eBay looked >>>> too well choreographed to be coincidence. >>> >>> Given the last release of WM6 was 2010, and WM5 in 2007, the writing >>> wasn't so much on the wall, as the wall had been condemned and >>> earmarked for redevelopment. Since WM6 has been out of support for >>> 2.5 years, and WM5 will do so in a couple of months, it's not very >>> responsible for OEMs to sell new systems that won't receive security >>> updates. >>> >> Sure, but all I'm saying is that its kind of interesting that it all >> collapsed so suddenly and that this was the death warrant for a whole >> class of GPS-equipped devices, namely low cost, phoneless satnavs. Its >> a market that Android hasn't really taken over. > > I think the popular TomTom satnav is running Linux. > Yes, I heard that it always was on some form of Linux, but AFAIK its some secret proprietary flavour. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |
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Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Rob Morley <nospam@ntlworld.com> - 2015-08-04 02:43 +0100
Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-04 09:25 +0000
Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2015-08-04 16:25 +0100
Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-04 17:30 +0000
Re: Linux, Windows and rPi rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-08-04 13:39 -0400
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Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2015-08-04 18:25 +0000
Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-04 19:19 +0000
Re: Linux, Windows and rPi rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-08-04 16:46 -0400
Re: Linux, Windows and rPi The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-04 22:02 +0100
Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-04 22:12 +0000
Re: Linux, Windows and rPi rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-08-04 18:31 -0400
Re: Linux, Windows and rPi The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-05 01:24 +0100
Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2015-08-05 10:55 +0100
Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2015-08-05 10:19 +0000
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Re: Linux, Windows and rPi The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-08-05 08:22 +0100
Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-05 08:11 +0000
Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2015-08-05 09:42 +0100
Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Folderol <general@musically.me.uk> - 2015-08-05 17:14 +0100
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Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Rob Morley <nospam@ntlworld.com> - 2015-08-04 20:27 +0100
Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-04 20:19 +0000
Re: Linux, Windows and rPi druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2015-08-04 20:36 +0100
Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2015-08-03 05:33 +0000
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Re: Linux, Windows and rPi mm0fmf <none@mailinator.com> - 2015-08-03 21:09 +0100
Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-03 21:08 +0000
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Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2015-08-04 07:16 +0000
Re: Linux, Windows and rPi John Doe <john@doe.com> - 2015-08-04 09:28 +0000
Re: Linux, Windows and rPi David Taylor <david-taylor@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> - 2015-08-04 10:38 +0100
Re: Linux, Windows and rPi Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-08-04 09:39 +0000
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