Mobile Linux Alliance Formed

Motorola, NEC, Panasonic Mobile Communications, Samsung Electronics, NTT DoCoMo and Vodafone have announced plans for develop a common mobile Linux-based platform which they hope will allow them to “build a common platform that will allow them to develop new products much faster and cheaper than they’ve done in the past. Mobile operators benefit from a common Linux platform, too, because it means they can test and certify one operating system instead of several…”While Linux itself is an open kernel, platforms from handset maker to handset maker vary,” Wyatt said. “And when you look at building an ecosystem of suppliers and developers, it is difficult to support individual Linux implementations. Pulling resources from multiple companies to develop a common platform makes Linux more compelling.”

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