If Circle Systems Makes Its Smartphone Technology Open,it Will Attract

question 40

Multiple Choice

If Circle Systems makes its smartphone technology open,it will attract more software companies to write programs for use on its smartphone.The downside to this is

• A) its installed base will also decline.
• B) the underlying platform used by Circle could become fragmented.
• C) nobody will adopt the smartphone.
• D) this practice is illegal.

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