[LINK] itNews: 'Ubuntu goes mobile'

[Roger Clarke]

>On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 5:32 PM, Roger Clarke 
><Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au> wrote:
>>  [At long last, here's the first move in the long, slow process to
>>  re-open all those closed phones and tablets.  Will there be a
>>  practicable, non-proprietary, non-consumer-manipulation alternative
>>  in my lifetime?]

At 6:31 -0300 7/1/13, Fernando Cassia wrote:
>Yes, Jolla Mobile´s Sailfish OS. Will run HTML5, MeeGo (QT) Linux apps
>and also Android apps.
>
>Think Nokia N9 without Nokia, and running Android apps as a bonus.
>
>Ubuntu is late to the game and in a crowded market already... Tizen,
>Firefox OS, Open WebOS...

If an alternative host for Android apps, HTML5 and the 
sold-out-to-the-marketers Mozilla outfit, are what's being touted as 
consumer-friendly alternatives to Android and iOS, then the answer 
must be that there won't be anything worth having in my lifetime ...

But I'll have to watch Tizen and even Open WebOS.

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