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> The ultimate question, of course, is will you buy into this? I definitely will: This is probably the best open mobile OS alternative, right after FirefoxOS.

• nilved 13y ago
  Those are literally the two open mobile OSes, so being second place isn't a great feat.
  • northwest 13y ago
    FirefoxOS is "more open" in the sense that everything is HTML5, nothing is "native". But we'll have to see if this approach already fits the bill or not. (Encryption is just 1 use case that comes to mind where you'll still have to rely on native applications, to get the best possible security.)
    • fabrice_d 13y ago
      Solid crypto is also coming to the web with new APIs. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window.crypto https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window.cryp... and http://www.w3.org/2012/webcrypto/ http://www.w3.org/2012/webcrypto/
    • hollerith 13y ago
      Explain, please. In what sense is it "more open" for everything to be HTML5 as opposed to "native" open-source code?
      • northwest 13y ago
        Yeah, there may be a misunderstanding - I meant "more open" only in the sense that a HTML/CSS/JS-based platform is almost certainly going to be an easier target for more developers (which will add the "meat" to the "skeleton"). EDIT: I just read that Ubuntu actually supports _both_ approaches: HTML5 apps AND native apps. Therefor, it should actually be able to attract more developers.