What Nokia's Windows move means for Open Source

[ Thanks to Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for this link. ]

"When Nokia announced that it was going to use Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 for its smartphones some people saw this is a great move. Other folks, like yours truly, saw Nokia and Microsoft partnering being as dumb as betting that the Pittsburgh Pirates will win the 2011 World Series. But, what do Nokia's open-source partners think of this move? I asked, and as you might guess, they're not happy.

"Jim Zemlin, head of The Linux Foundation tried to make the best of it, "The Linux Foundation is disappointed in Nokia's decision today to choose Microsoft as the primary platform for its mobile phones. Tough times give birth to difficult decisions that we don't always agree with, but open source is–at its core–about choice. We believe that open source software is more than a sum of its parts, and the market is currently bearing that out. The Linux Foundation is here to enable collaboration among its members and the Linux community, and we invite participation in MeeGo [an embedded Linux for smartphones and other devices that was supported by Intel and Nokia] and any of our other many projects and programs.""

Complete Story

Related Stories:

• Nokia Workers Walk Out To Protest Micosoft Deal(Feb 12, 2011)
• Open source guru Miguel de Icaza "psyched" about Microsoft/Nokia deal(Feb 12, 2011)
• Nokia jumps from one burning platform to another with Windows Phone 7(Feb 11, 2011)
• Getting Started with MeeGo(Feb 11, 2011)