Another news site gives an even more strong title: "Firefox OS smartphones are dead" http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/12/firefox-os-smartphones-are-dead/
With an assertion that claims "Mozilla is ending its plan to build an OS for smartphones". Although its content is actually from the same source. 2015-12-08 23:58 GMT-05:00 Joel Cesar <[email protected]>: > I do understand, but I think the PC market would be a good proposition, > there is no Linux distro got it right, sometimes you have a bad UI, > sometimes a bad UX. You can start by using some of them as a base but > focusing on the UI, like you are doing with the phone. Microsoft once > mention that the XP migration was a 12B dollar market. It make sense a well > organized institution like Mozilla backing a project like this, I think. It > also make much easy to people try to use, you get a USB install and use, > what will may attract more developers. Good luck. > > On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 11:38 PM, Wilfred Mathanaraj <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I think when we talk about connected devices we don't want to spread thin >> across a large area. >> >> We should possibly focus on areas where we can make quick gains and have >> the most impact. We can then extend our reach based on those gains into >> other areas. >> >> There are also some further work that teams are doing to implement the >> "beyond browser" ideas but I don't think we are yet ready to do a whole OS >> for a PC. Perhaps long term this may be something to investigate. >> >> Wilfred >> >> - >> >> On 8 Dec 2015, at 23:18, Joel Cesar <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I like connected devices idea. No plans for desktops/laptops? It will be >> very nice to have a open contender against Chrome OS that will be able to >> install in any device and replace all the old Windows XP :) >> >> Regards, >> >> On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 8:57 PM, Wilfred Mathanaraj <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> There is an updated press release coming to clarify the messaging via >>> the press team. >>> >>> Wilfred >>> >>> - >>> >>> > On 8 Dec 2015, at 18:56, KUPOinyourWINDOW <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> >> On Tuesday, December 8, 2015 at 10:45:02 PM UTC, Kevin Grandon wrote: >>> >> FirefoxOS will still be developed, but for a different >>> >> purpose. Instead of being driven by carriers and commercial sales, >>> we'll >>> >> be using it to drive the platform for many connected devices. >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> I think dogfooders will remain extremely valuable, so please continue >>> to use and test FirefoxOS! >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> Best, >>> >> Kevin >>> > >>> > >>> > Thank you for the info, this is good to see! >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > dev-fxos mailing list >>> > [email protected] >>> > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos >>> _______________________________________________ >>> dev-fxos mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Joel Zamboni >> [email protected] >> skype joel.zamboni >> >> > > > -- > Joel Zamboni > [email protected] > usa +1 703 989 5237 > skype joel.zamboni > > _______________________________________________ > dev-fxos mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos > > -- <http://about.me/snowmantw>Greg Weng http://about.me/snowmantw *Understand y f = f [ y f ] ; lose last remaining non-major friend* * -- Anonymous*
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