The first of these to strike a deal was Renaissance Capital, a high-profile western-style investment bank with a strong corporate and international client base.

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Finally, Google hopes to tap into the base of developers and technologies that have formed around Linux since its high-profile endorsement by IBM to make it easy to put its software on a variety of phones.

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Finally, Google hopes to tap into the base of developers and technologies that have formed around Linux since its high-profile endorsement by IBM (nyse: IBM - news - people ) to make it easy to put its software on a variety of phones.

FORBES: What The Google Phone Could Do For Linux