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Hopefully the industry learned it's lesson with Google and it's handling of the Android Open Source Project [1]. I don't think manufacturers of devices can bet
by linuxftw 8y ago
Hopefully the industry learned it's lesson with Google and it's handling of the Android Open Source Project [1].
I don't think manufacturers of devices can bet their futures on Google.
1: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/07/googles-iron-grip-on-android-controlling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/07/googles-iron-grip-on...
- geodel 8y agoWell Samsung wrote their wonderful OS named Tizen. Not sure why they still sell Android phones. And if company as big as Samsung couldn't do it then lesson for industry would be that writing OS for their hardware is pretty much guaranteed failure.
- jasonvorhe 8y agoTizen was a security laughing stock, iirc. This is from 2017: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/04/samsungs-tizen-is-riddled-with-security-flaws-amateurishly-written/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/04/samsungs-tizen-is-ri...