Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 2nd Apr 2005 20:44 UTC
The future is mobile. That much we know for sure. But it seems that the operating system world in this market is being rapidly taken over by --again-- Microsoft. The new smart phones are are using WinCE, Symbian or Palm. Linux has barely 1% of this new, smartphone market.
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Why cannot I not mark you, Eugenia, down for abuse? Are you above all of this because you wrote this piece of shit?
Hey! Calm down! If you don't like OSNews, then why waste your time flaming people for rational, thought-out, and knowledgable comments. Don't harass the community if you insist on being immature. Eugenia has done a lot for the open source and Internet community, while you have done nothing but complain. If you hate the system so much, then why don't you write a better one and offer it up as a replacement?
And to all the people saying "smartphones are dumb because I don't use or need one," I can point to many of my friends who love their smartphones and a few who would voluntarily buy a Linux smartphone if it were available. I know the Sharp Zaurus was running Qtopia, and there were even a few variants such as Opie. I don't think it's out of the realm of possiblity to build a phone that would have all the functions of a PDA and still be running a modded Qtopia-type OS. I suspect that as more and more embedded devices begin to use Linux (such a movement is evident in recent times in devices for audio, network, routers, etc.) Linux may begin to be considered for use in a smartphone. I certainly will buy one if and when it comes out.
Good job, Eugenia, on pointing out another niche market for Linux fill.