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Do you remember FirefoxOS, the smartphone OS that was developed by Mozilla ? It was abandoned in 2016, but KaiOS, the operating system powering these feature ph
by contingencies 7y ago
Do you remember FirefoxOS, the smartphone OS that was developed by Mozilla ? It was abandoned in 2016, but KaiOS, the operating system powering these feature phones, is its descendant
Yeah. I bought two FirefoxOS phones and was keen. Unfortunately it never got to critical mass. Actually mailed the last of them to someone from India I met on HN. Recently I saw a French guy in HK on my LinkedIn managing some new effort under KaiOS. I was all motivated to meet and share some ideas (used to work in mobile, most handset manufacturers ~2009-2010) but found out the company is owned by that evil mafiosi Ambani, the same guy who bulldozed thousands of people's homes in Mumbai to build an uninhabited luxury condo, and who is destroying Australia's Queensland/Barrier Reef region with a massive coal mine. Crook.
- FlyingSnake 7y ago> who bulldozed thousands of people's homes in Mumbai to build an uninhabited luxury condo Do you have source for this claim? > who is destroying Australia's Queensland/Barrier Reef region That's Adani, not Ambani. I'm no fan of crony capitalism, but such false claims on HN aren't cool.
- contingencies 7y agoOops my bad! Sorry end of a hacking session didn't fact check :) Unintentional. Thanks for setting the record straight.
- propertymagnate 7y agoI've never heard of him before, but I looked it up and it would appear the condo claim of being unoccupied for a significant period of time after construction and bulldozing peoples homes (possibly not thousands but apparently including an orphanage) is true. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antilia_(building) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antilia_(building)