“Announced in July 2011, Boot to Gecko (B2G) is an open source
OS based around HTML5 and Javascript, similar to HP’s WebOS.
Mozilla, of Firefox web browser fame, hopes that Boot to Gecko will
offer a viable alternative to the Android mobile OS.“‘It’s an open platform to allow complete control of
applications, much like a browser, and applications are installed
the way you expect,” Mozilla chief executive Gary Kovacs is quoted
as saying. “The difference is that they are created with web
standards, and we will have links and clicks between apps,
something that already happens on the web today, but not in the
applications closed platforms.'”