Comments on: Why I Don’t Care About LiMo http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/2008/02/15/why-i-dont-care-about-limo/ Ripping mobility from the clutches of telecom Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:38:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: MobHappy » Blog Archive » links for 2008-02-20 http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/2008/02/15/why-i-dont-care-about-limo/#comment-241498 MobHappy » Blog Archive » links for 2008-02-20 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:03:37 +0000 http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/2008/02/15/why-i-dont-care-about-limo/#comment-241498 [...] Mike Rowehl: This is Mobility » Blog Archive » Why I Don’t Care About LiMo (tags: limo mobile-linux) [...] [...] Mike Rowehl: This is Mobility » Blog Archive » Why I Don’t Care About LiMo (tags: limo mobile-linux) [...]

]]> By: Mark Young http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/2008/02/15/why-i-dont-care-about-limo/#comment-240576 Mark Young Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:05:10 +0000 http://www.thisismobility.com/blog/2008/02/15/why-i-dont-care-about-limo/#comment-240576 Mike, you're not alone in your reaction. But as always there are many more details behind all the various curtains than most people don't get to see. I really believe the LiMo folks are out to Do The Right Thing and its motivations stem from current industry players out to solve real issues. The OHA in constrast, is basically a G-initiated fan club to drive its own agenda. If you look into it you'll find there isn't much "open" about it all except for the name. There were over a dozen real, ready for prime-time, LiMo devices on display at the MWC, and its a platform which partners are free to innovate on. Android has miles to go before a field-ready device is here, and go try to build something on its Linux underpinnings and see how far you get, or even go try to see its source code for that matter. Still, I agree that what is good is there are multiple efforts trying to foster device innovation by driving more standard underpinnings - and that is good for the industry and should be ultimately good for all of us. Mike, you’re not alone in your reaction. But as always there are many more details behind all the various curtains than most people don’t get to see. I really believe the LiMo folks are out to Do The Right Thing and its motivations stem from current industry players out to solve real issues. The OHA in constrast, is basically a G-initiated fan club to drive its own agenda. If you look into it you’ll find there isn’t much “open” about it all except for the name.

There were over a dozen real, ready for prime-time, LiMo devices on display at the MWC, and its a platform which partners are free to innovate on. Android has miles to go before a field-ready device is here, and go try to build something on its Linux underpinnings and see how far you get, or even go try to see its source code for that matter.

Still, I agree that what is good is there are multiple efforts trying to foster device innovation by driving more standard underpinnings - and that is good for the industry and should be ultimately good for all of us.

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