Open Source is Gaining Momentum in the Mobile Arena
A new development in the
mobile operating system market brings an open source convert to the
table. As of Symbian’s
announcement
today, three of the five major players can now be considered open source
systems. This pits Microsoft and Apple’s closed systems directly against
Google, Palm and Symbian in an epic battle of ideology. The playing
field for desktop operating systems has always been slanted because open
source systems haven’t had competitive desktop systems until recently
(after most folks have already grown well accustomed to their closed
source systems).