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W(h)ither Open Standards for Mobile Linux?

[ Thanks to e5rebel
for this link. ]

“One area of open source that I struggle with is that of mobile
Linux: there are so many competing and intersecting initiatives
that it is hard to tell who is doing what–and who is winning. Here
are some fascinating thoughts from someone deep within that world,
Jason Whitmire. He’s General Manager of Mobile Solutions at Wind
River–once one of embedded Linux’s fiercest foes, and now one of
fondest fans:

“Limo, and in a slightly different way Android, have killed the
standards-based approach to open source development in
mobile…”


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