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Saturday, January 27, 2007
Big players found a new mobile Linux group
It will be called LiMo (Linux Mobile, I guess) Foundation, and the venture is founded by Motorola, NEC, Panasonic, Samsung, NTT DoCoMo and Vodafone, so we are talking players that already have a big stake in using Linux (at least on the phone provider side), but that probably have realized that for mobile Linux to get popular there needs to be application compatibility. At least that's my main concern about Linux. Right now such is non-existing between brands due to different application platforms and UIs.
If you want to be a member you need to shelf out $40k as an individual and $800k as a company, annually! That obviously filters out all small development companies, and most other companies as well.
LiMO Foundation
InfoWorld: Cellphone Linux group launched
Yahoo: Linux Mobile Foundation Created To Promote Open Source Software For Mobile Devices
DMEurope: Mobile players launch LiMo Foundation
MobileBurn: Mobile Leaders Around the World Launch LiMo Foundation
If you want to be a member you need to shelf out $40k as an individual and $800k as a company, annually! That obviously filters out all small development companies, and most other companies as well.
LiMO Foundation
InfoWorld: Cellphone Linux group launched
Yahoo: Linux Mobile Foundation Created To Promote Open Source Software For Mobile Devices
DMEurope: Mobile players launch LiMo Foundation
MobileBurn: Mobile Leaders Around the World Launch LiMo Foundation
