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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So no company stepped up and made a Linux phone (with serious commitment behind it). First of all, that is completely than trying and failing.
"Hey, there was a race today, and you didn't win, therefore you failed" is not valid if you were never interested in participating.
I'm a fan of Linux on the PC, but on a phone, I couldn't care less. On the PC, Linux gives me advantages, because it works better for me than any other OS. The tasks I need to do on my cellphone are so simple, there is no way Linux would provide any advantage. It'd be nice if the software was free, and it should be, since its so simple, but from a functionality standpoint, theres no difference. Will Linux allow me to dial a number faster? Store contacts faster? Make snazzier ringtones? No. So I couldn't care less about it running on a phone.