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Re:Russia plans Linux-based mobile operating system to rival... by frozenport on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @12:43AM (#9574720)
The political motivation is transparent, there is nothing insane about protecting your ill-gotten wealth - in classical Eastern European style, the technical feasibility of this project is of little importance to the politicians whose whims are promoting it.
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Re:Russia plans Linux-based mobile operating system to rival... by jmnicolas on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @08:58AM (#9575970)
Ill-gotten wealth ? AFAIK Russia gets its wealth mostly from oil.
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Re:Russia plans Linux-based mobile operating system to rival... by Grue3 on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @09:52AM (#9576279)
And that wealth goes straight into the pockets of corrupt officials instead of the common people, or at least infrastructure.
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Re:Russia plans Linux-based mobile operating system to rival... by onnoonno on Friday May 22, 2015 @09:49AM (#9588213)
But then, if they make their own phone OS it does go to infrastructure, or doesn't it?
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