Silicon Valley startup a la Mobile has announced what it calls the industry’s first ‘complete’ Linux-based smartphone operating system. The Convergent Linux Platform will enter a field crowded with alternatives from MontaVista, Trolltech, ACCESS/PalmSource, and Wind River, among others.
How come the blurb and the begining of the article say the “Convergent Linux Platform” is an alternative when the at the bottom the article states, that they use Qtopia as part of the Stack?
see:
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In addition to a kernel, HME, and NME, Version 1.0 of the CLP will be integrated with a variety of third-party and open source software components, including:
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* Qtopia application framework and UI from Trolltech
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What piece of information am I missing?
What piece of information am I missing?
That their supposed value-add is “HME”, (which everyone else in the industry would describe as a “board support package”, or BSP) which they have applied for patents on.
When Trolltech and MontaVista had their falling out, that left Trolltech with no real kernel expertize. These people seem to think they’ll fill that shoe.
I wish them luck
There are more things in a Linux platform than an ui toolkit, you know.
There are more things in a Linux platform than an ui toolkit, you know.
I think I do understand that part.
But I read it as if the “Convergent Linux Platform” which is presented here actually includes Qtopia (besides la Mobiles HME and NME technologies). So why would the CLP be described as an alternative to a part of it?
With so many different, competent alternatives in the Linux for Cellphones market, I don’t see the need for yet another one when it comes stuffed with rotten easter eggs.
I hope that phone manufacturers see the light and show these guys the appreciation they deserve, i.e. none.
I also hope that at the patent office they see the light too (WAY more unlikely), and they file the application in the paper shredder or TP roll.
Agreed with the sentiments here: I could suggest several places where those patents could be stuffed, preferably by a judge ruling on that copyright infringement/unlicensed use the article mentions. All it needs is some of the kernel copyright holders to have some backbone and/or a bit of cash…