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To: FJB who wrote (92424)	2/22/2010 9:46:30 AM
From: DanD	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 213177

The conclusions of this article are about as biased and self congratulatory with no real facts as anything I have ever read. I have a Droid. I don't feel left out in the cold because the rapid pace of open source development has moved the software passed my version. I still have a phone that works and does cool things. Including a free EXCELLENT GPS directions. And voice recognition is still the best I have ever used. Are multiple versions an issue? Sure. As a consumer do I feel "overwhelmed", or like a "fool"? Hardly. I got a very good smartphone on a very good network for $99. Which to me invalidates the hardware points. $99 is 1/10th the $999 for a decent computer. What about the plan costs? I pay those with any phone, and there was a 30 day return policy and I chose NOT to return. This guy is projecting a bunch of emotions on a consumer base that may or may not exist. So far, for me, they don't. The opinions are his own and no one else's. I know full well the benefits and pitfalls of open source. So will many of the smartphone generation that has grown up with technology. The issue in my mind will be cost. Will open source drive the cost of smartphones and apps down, and make them more available to a demographic? Or will the complexity of multiple platforms drive them up? That's valid. But the hyperbole of the author is so far, just that. Dan D.