and LG seem to be adopting a multi-standard approach to the next generation of mobile handset.
and the rival Microsoft Windows Mobile platform.
On the day that Samsung announced a new version of its Omnia touch screen handset model, based on Microsoft's Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system, LG signed a software deal with Microsoft covering mobile technology.
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(LSB 4.0). The final version of the specification is slated to appear before the end of the year and should make it easier for programmers and software vendors to develop applications which can run on various Linux distributions.
The Linux Foundation lists a revamped application and shell script checker, as well as a new Software Development Kit (SDK) as some of the most important updates to LSB 4.0. The SDK is not tied to a specific version of Read the rest of this entry »

If you write software for the Mac, you must obey Apple's rules. Period. End of statement. If you write software for Windows, you have more lee-way, but Microsoft pretty much calls the shots. If you write software for Linux though you can pretty much do whatever you want, except, of course, you shouldn't. Because if you do re-invent the wheel every time you write for Linux, we end up with software that doesn't work or play well with other Linux software. Read the rest of this entry »