Amid continued traction for Android, there have been a number of other developments for mobile operating systems based on Linux. Given my support for and belief in Linux and open source software, you might expect me to be bullish on the prospects for all of this mobile and device Linux. However, based on what I’ve seen in the past in terms of mergers, reshuffles and strategic restarts, I believe the introduction of the Tizen Linux-based OS is reminiscent of a time when mobile Linux wasn’t really moving ahead.
Good post, Jay. I think we have enough proof now that 'corporate owned' mobile open source does not work. How many more failed initiatives will it take before people realise?
I've done quite a bit of research on this myself. For what's really going on with Tizen, see:
http://www.andrewsavory.com/blog/archives/001574.html
And for the effect of Tizen on the mobile linux community:
http://www.andrewsavory.com/blog/archives/001578.html
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Tizen Could Be a Giant Step Back for Mobile Linux
Posted by: Jay Lyman October 11, 2011 05:00 AMAmid continued traction for Android, there have been a number of other developments for mobile operating systems based on Linux. Given my support for and belief in Linux and open source software, you might expect me to be bullish on the prospects for all of this mobile and device Linux. However, based on what I’ve seen in the past in terms of mergers, reshuffles and strategic restarts, I believe the introduction of the Tizen Linux-based OS is reminiscent of a time when mobile Linux wasn’t really moving ahead.
I've done quite a bit of research on this myself. For what's really going on with Tizen, see:
http://www.andrewsavory.com/blog/archives/001574.html
And for the effect of Tizen on the mobile linux community:
http://www.andrewsavory.com/blog/archives/001578.html