Nokia's Linux Journey (Nokia 770 Internet Tablet) Turns 20, a Time to Remember How Much Microsoft Hates Linux
In Gopherspace (Jirka's Phlog), someone is playing with older PDAs, so I've just been reminded of my own, which sits there charging in front of me. Next year it turns 22 (its first introduction in the market was in November 2002, 23+ years ago). It still works reasonable well. It sometimes feels like the more recently some technology gets made, the less likely it is to have been manufactured to last. Disposables are the new "cool".
Quoting Jirka's Phlog:
Last month I was searching for some accessories for your digital camera (the SONY DSC-W530) and found some other machines instead. I still have some old PDA machines from late 1990s and early 2000s. Actually, I don't remember when I actually used them for the last time. I use my PSION II (a 1980s device) daily but I don't use newer device.
I usually have my Nokia 900 available as a spare phone/camera but I only used it to made a few pictures this year. The problem is, of course, that it is now too tiny for my aging eyes (and I'm unable to make it work in the modern HTTPS/SSL world... fo on https:// sites, no e-mail).
I have the battery installed in the Nokia 770 (in keeps charge for very long time) but I only turned it on to check if it's still alive (and to read a few some text in the FBReader).
The Nokia 770 was introduced in November 2005, so that's almost exactly two decades ago.
Years later Microsoft attacked and fatally injured Nokia. Do not ever forgot what Microsoft did to Nokia and its Linux-based portfolio.
Microsoft is so malicious about monopoly retention that even other monopolies formally file complaints about Microsoft's abuses. In 2025 Microsoft still bribes people to avoid the competition. What sort of "market competition" is this? █