In http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/556 I note the following:
> Android in the house > The road ahead looks even more interesting. For the next cycle, the Linaro > team is going to build an > Android environment on the same kernel and toolchain that we collaborate on > with Ubuntu. > For folks building devices, picking a board that’s part of the Linaro process > means you’ll be able > to get either an Ubuntu-style or Android-style core environment up and > running at Day 1, > which should reduce time to market for everyone. > > If the Linaro team pulls this off, it will mean that Linaro provides an > intersection point for the majority > of the consumer electronics x86 and ARM ecosystem, regardless of the end OS. > I’m sure over time > we’ll find more groups that are interested in joining the process, and I see > no reason why they couldn’t > be accommodated in this cadence-driven model. Seems like there's a lot of overlap and perhaps duplication of effort between the Linaro/Ubuntu efforts and those of MeeGo, which also promises the same kind of "OS intersection point" ... (Qt being another intersection point: see http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/568 ) Why can't the same be done for MeeGo handset, such that Android apps and MeeGo apps are available simultaneously from a MeeGo platform, using the MeeGo 1.2 security model to subsume Android's security model? (see also http://lists.meego.com/pipermail/meego-security-discussion/2011-January/000019.html ). With the goal of being able to run Qt-based MeeGo apps alongside Android apps, all on the MeeGo platform. This would fight the "divide and conquer" market fragmentation that is occurring in the handset/netbook market, which will only get worse when HP adds WebOS netbooks and handsets into the market.... ( http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/19/hps-first-webos-tablet-may-start-shipping-in-march-fulfill-lon ). Niels http://nielsmayer.com _______________________________________________ MeeGo-community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-community
