Intel shifting from TVs to tablets

Marco Martin notmart at gmail.com
Thu Oct 13 15:15:49 UTC 2011


On Thursday 13 October 2011, Carl Symons wrote:
> On the other hand, most of the Intel AppUp people I have met support
> Plasma Active, at least to some degree. The size and nature of Intel's
> business dictate that they pursue the top hardware manufacturers. But
> Intel also has supported FOSS. The Berlin tablet give-away was an
> attempt to bring FOSSfolks into the Intel camp. And it generated
> interest among KDE for Plasma Active. This is small potatoes compared
> to what might happen if there were a good OS with a large supporting
> structure to compete with iOS and Android.

yes, that's the difference between people, or small teams inside the company 
compared with the overall direction of the giant, never to be confused ;)

> There are probably opportunities involving Intel that don't require
> that KDE and Plasma Active rely on them.

yup, sure i'm all for it!

Cheers,
Marco Martin


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