Hot skills: Mobile Linux

Jul 15, 2008, 16:45 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Nick Langley)

"Global connectivity analysts ABI Research forecast that by 2013, Linux will take 23% of the smartphone market and will be the second most prevalent solution behind Symbian. According to ABI, "Linux solutions will be far more cost-effective than incumbent solutions, even when silicon requirements are taken into account, given that a fuller application layer will be included in the standard package and that the burden of customisation falls mostly on the independent software vendor.""

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