Da-Chief
05-17-2008, 10:28
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Google got a lot of attention last fall when it announced the creation of the Open Handset Alliance, a coalition of companies committed to supporting open standards for mobile devices (particularly Google s Android). However, there had already been another similar Linux coalition developed in January 2007 which had similar goals but didn t achieve backing in America. That has now changed (http://www.rcrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080516/SUB/156147727/1007) as Verizon Wireless has shown its support for the LiMo Foundation (http://www.limofoundation.org/), possibly preferred in favor to supporting Google s Android. "The mission of the LiMo Foundation is to create an open, Linux-based software platform for use by the whole global industry to produce mobile devices through a balanced and transparent contribution process enabling a rich ecosystem of differentiated products, applications, and services from device manufacturers, operators, ISVs and integrators."
Last week, Verizon opted to support this mission by filling the final seat on the coalition s board of directors; it is the first U.S. company to join the coalition. Verizon has also said that it will make LiMo s Linux platform the preferred operating system for its handsets when LiMo-enabled phones hit the market next year. Assuming that Android does well in the market, Verizon may also sell Android-based phones. However, the company s support of LiMo suggests that that there is continuing tension (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/94202) with Google.
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Google got a lot of attention last fall when it announced the creation of the Open Handset Alliance, a coalition of companies committed to supporting open standards for mobile devices (particularly Google s Android). However, there had already been another similar Linux coalition developed in January 2007 which had similar goals but didn t achieve backing in America. That has now changed (http://www.rcrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080516/SUB/156147727/1007) as Verizon Wireless has shown its support for the LiMo Foundation (http://www.limofoundation.org/), possibly preferred in favor to supporting Google s Android. "The mission of the LiMo Foundation is to create an open, Linux-based software platform for use by the whole global industry to produce mobile devices through a balanced and transparent contribution process enabling a rich ecosystem of differentiated products, applications, and services from device manufacturers, operators, ISVs and integrators."
Last week, Verizon opted to support this mission by filling the final seat on the coalition s board of directors; it is the first U.S. company to join the coalition. Verizon has also said that it will make LiMo s Linux platform the preferred operating system for its handsets when LiMo-enabled phones hit the market next year. Assuming that Android does well in the market, Verizon may also sell Android-based phones. However, the company s support of LiMo suggests that that there is continuing tension (http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/94202) with Google.
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