My cellphone was from Softbank back when I lived there (this was pre-smartphone); can't say I had any complaints about it except that they don't allow you to change carrier at all :P
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Originally posted by duby229 View PostI don't know anything about this particular company, I know Japanese companies don't really embrace open source though, that or they don't get the concept. This unlikely to be good news for open source advocates.
Anyway they love to use the BSD licenced things, as they do not have to give back anything.
(But why is this licence even exists, its only advantage is just burning 1kB of storage per file...)
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Originally posted by tessio View PostMaybe ARM shareholders are using SoftBank (another company that they may have shares) to bring ARM out of UK after the Brexit fiasco.
And I'm not sure why Brexit would have them running to a Japanese company. Japan is even more insular than the UK and the Yen is a challenging currency for businesses.
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Originally posted by johnc View Post
You think something like this could come together and be finalized in a couple of weeks? I figure this has at least been in the planning stage for months.
And I'm not sure why Brexit would have them running to a Japanese company. Japan is even more insular than the UK and the Yen is a challenging currency for businesses.
See: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/echarts...JPY=X;range=1d
As of right now -21.62% YTD, ~-30% since same time last year.Last edited by s_j_newbury; 18 July 2016, 10:41 AM.
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Originally posted by johnc View Post
You think something like this could come together and be finalized in a couple of weeks? I figure this has at least been in the planning stage for months.
And I'm not sure why Brexit would have them running to a Japanese company. Japan is even more insular than the UK and the Yen is a challenging currency for businesses.
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