Nokia just joined the Linux Foundation. Why?
By Stefan Constantinescu on Friday, April 6th, 2007 at 2:55 PM PST In Financial/Corporate News
I don’t get it. The goal of the foundation is to promote Linux as a mobile and embedded operating system.
So what about S60? Why the urge to go from proprietary to open source?
You know now I’m wondering … is the N800 Nokia (NYSE: NOK)’s test bed for Linux ideas? Are we ever going to see a Nokia phone running Linux?
Too many questions, not enough answers.
why not do both? i think it’s a good idea and the N800 is as you say a great platform for experimenting.
Nokia does a number of things related to Linux and Open Source for both internal and external consumption. Makes total sense to me.
I think Linux is choice of future. Here in Finland I even heard strong rumor that E90 could be based on Linux. It was not, but rumor was interesting.
I would not be terribly surprised if MS Mobile showed up on a Nokia phone one day.. I doubt Nokia is making tons of money from its shares in Symbian. I.e. device sales still are the key for Nokia, and they have the power and smarts to use whatever platform they need to. But I also think/hope they are smarter than Moto, which seems to have spread its eggs into way too many baskets.
Me to think that the future is with linux. Every manufacturer is adopting linux for their mobile version.
Im wondering when microsoft will switch to linux. ????