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DrJokepu on July 30, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Nokia doesn't get it - The Truth about N97 [video]

When contrasting Nokia to "evil corporations" such as Apple or Google, don't forget that Nokia is the number one advocate of introducing software patents in the European Union. Just sayin'.

pornel on July 30, 2010 | [–]

Nokia was the first company to object inclusion of Theora and Vorbis in HTML5: http://www.w3.org/html/wg/tracker/issues/24

cromulent on July 30, 2010 | [–]

Also, remember Lex Nokia.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/06/finland_nokia_snoopi...

Large public companies tend to put significant effort into looking after their own best interests. There's not many exceptions.

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