Thursday, September 8, 2005
Russell Beattie on the Future of Mobility OS
Posted by Ekkie Tepsupornchai in "ARTICLE" @ 10:30 AM
"Okay, I’ve had an opinion change I’d like to announce. I’m betting that the future of mobility will be Linux, and not Symbian, Windows or anything else. This is quite a change from my previous pro-Symbian stances, but I’ve been sort of leaning this way for a while - or rather, leaning away from Symbian as it fails to live up to its potential - and now I’ve finally come to a religious change of faith when it comes to mobile OSes."
Will Linux prevail over Windows for mobile devices? Sounds like a tall order to me. I personally have nothing against Linux. I think it's a terrific OS. However, it's been out there for over 10 years and for each of those 10 years, I've continually heard bold predictions regarding Linux that have never materialized. The mobility market is certainly in flux with Microsoft, Palm, Symbian, and Blackberry all having their share of supporters (though I will argue that the majority of Symbian users actually chose it because of the device and not the OS). The arguments that Russell makes in favor of Linux just sound all too familiar to me. Will this be any different? Am I missing his point? Check out his article and give us your thoughts!
Will Linux prevail over Windows for mobile devices? Sounds like a tall order to me. I personally have nothing against Linux. I think it's a terrific OS. However, it's been out there for over 10 years and for each of those 10 years, I've continually heard bold predictions regarding Linux that have never materialized. The mobility market is certainly in flux with Microsoft, Palm, Symbian, and Blackberry all having their share of supporters (though I will argue that the majority of Symbian users actually chose it because of the device and not the OS). The arguments that Russell makes in favor of Linux just sound all too familiar to me. Will this be any different? Am I missing his point? Check out his article and give us your thoughts!
