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Old 10-16-2008, 08:56 AM
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That's surprisingly well informed and well written for a mainstream press article.

In my eyes, Windows Mobile's greatest asset is also its greatest hindrance- Microsoft. For example, look at the situation regarding web browsers. Microsoft's philosophical opposition to open source software stops the WinMo developers from using an existing and advanced rendering engine like WebKit. Microsoft is also the reason why they've got no choice but to use Internet Explorer, despite the whole world knowing how feeble IE 6 is.

The Windows Mobile team has its hands tied and can't compete properly.
 
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