LiPS Forum, Focused on Linux Phones, To Wrap Into LiMo
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In what it calls a move "to support and to unify the growing momentum of Linux platforms in the global mobile market," the Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum has announced that it is foliding itself into the LiMo Foundation starting in July. After nearly three years of existence, and having delivered version 1.0 of its specification for Linux-based mobile phones the LiPS Forum has not gained a great deal of traction, but LiMo does have momentum, and will gain resources from the deal. Here's what the LiPS Forum can provide LiMo.
According to a statement from the LiPS Forum:
"The move will encompass LiPS Forum members from across the mobile ecosystem, including chipset suppliers, Linux OS and mobile stack vendors, handset designers and OEMs and regional and global wireless operators. It follows announcements by other LiPS members who have joined LiMo Foundation: ACCESS, ARM Limited, Azingo, France Telecom / Orange, Huawei Technology, MontaVista Software, Inc., NXP Semiconductors, Open-Plug, Purple Labs and Texas Instruments."
On its own, the LiPS Forum never quite gained the traction in the mobile Linux space that Google's Android platform and LiMo have. Many phones based on Android (which is Linux-based) and LiMo's platform are coming later this year. Also, as we covered this week, the Symbian operating system, which has over 60 percent of the smartphone market is going open source, increasing the amount of competition that Android and LiMo will face. The LiMo Foundation has responded to the Symbian news.
“Today, our membership agrees that LiPS’ greatest impact can be realized by adding our members’ expertise and resources to LiMo Foundation," said LiPS Forum president Haila Wang, in a statement. "Together, the member companies can better strive for a unified and ubiquitous Linux-based mobile platform.”
This reminds me of what's going on with Barack Obama and newfound supporters such as Bill Clinton. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
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