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Russia is building its own smartphone OS based on Jolla Sailfish |
tranced
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From: Santo Domingo, wonDeRland
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Russia has made no secret of the fact that it wants to reduce its dependence on foreign software, especially applications and platforms from Western companies. The nation's government has been keen to encourage domestic firms to buy homegrown software and hardware, but it's about to go one step further, by developing its own smartphone OS.
Over 95% of Russia's tech is currently sourced from foreign vendors, but the country's Minister of Communications Nikolai Nikiforov wants to bring that down to 50% over the next ten years, according to Russian daily newspaper RBC.
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goldenface
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Interesting. It's always nice to have more options. There should be more for us to choose from, as long are the apps are their to support the ecosystem.
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tranced
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From: Santo Domingo, wonDeRland
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And will they work out of Russia?
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Posted: 2015-05-19 14:17
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