NewsForge: Does Mobile Linux Really Have Legs?

“There is little disagreement about the opportunities for Linux
on mobile phones, but it will take some work to give Linux its
legs. While Linux today is one player among the many operating
systems in the mobile handset market, finding its stride will be a
matter of operating system enhancements, the formation of standards
by the Linux Phone Standards Forum (LiPS), and use of the open
source platform by a major manufacturer with a winning product,
analysts said.

“Yankee Group senior analyst John Jackson said Linux already
commands the attention of the mobile handset industry, with
platforms such as Monta Vista’s mobile Linux operating system
shipping on more than eight million phones in the last two
years…”

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