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Get the OBEX out as well

Get the OBEX out as well

Posted Apr 3, 2009 11:48 UTC (Fri) by pboddie (subscriber, #50784)
In reply to: TomTom Settlement Aftermath: Get the FAT Out (Groklaw) by jamesh
Parent article: TomTom Settlement Aftermath: Get the FAT Out (Groklaw)

Another alternative seen in mobile phones is OBEX-FTP over USB.

OBEX doesn't appear to be a proper open standard: the specifications aren't freely available or redistributable - leaked versions and earlier versions don't count - and this makes it undesirable for Free Software, regardless of whether projects already exist that deal with it.


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