[...] > > Considering the speed at which the cellphone technology is advancing, the > next phone may be much ahead than the current generation Androids and > iPhones. Creating an ecosystem (appstore etc.) wouldn't take more than a few > years. With more and more people using mobile phones and the population > explosion, MeeGo (and others) could easily survive and compete.
[...] Remember Symbian? I agree, it wasn't open source before, but Nokia had still tried hard to survive by allowing other handset manufacturer too to use Symbian on their handsets. Unfortunately, things did not turn out to be too rosy and figured the time had come to go open source, with Symbian^3. And, there was Moblin too that tried to co-exist. Cut to today, and there is no Moblin anywhere nearby, and the Symbian group has closed down. While Nokia does think that Meego is the future for their company, have you ever wondered why, despite the change in the heart of the phones, their appearances always stayed the same? Why, with every single attempt, Nokia has been forced to look back and re-strategize? It doesn't matter how good/bad/open a mobile operating system is, to be able to sustain yourself in this market. Of course, keeping the hardware and software open, and adhering to open standards are important. But what's also important is how you utilise your software, and how you market it. I was recently appalled to find that Samsung had modified the very find Android into a closed-source OS of theirs, Bada. And what disgusted me was their calling it "open closed-source software"! Anyway, my point is simple here. Building an ecosystem that can self-sustain and flourish is not tough. WHat's tough is to stays ahead in the game. And that's exactly where Nokia has been lagging behind, for the last couple of years! Regards, Shayon Pal _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
