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This blog is managed/edited by Eric Everson. The purpose of this blog is to discuss common threats and solutions that exist within the mobile community in addition to the intricacies of innovative technologies and the markets therein.
Thank you for taking the time to review my blog; I am Eric Everson the founder of MyMobiSafe.com. In addition to my duties at MyMobiSafe, LLC I am also a full-time graduate student and mobile industry researcher. As a mobile security expert and innovative technologies leader, I am glad to answer any questions you may have: EricEverson@Hotmail.com
Tuesday 1 January 2008, 10:47 PM
2008 The Year of Open Source Mobile Operating Systems
2008 The Year of Open Source Mobile Operating Systems
By Eric Everson, Founder of MyMobiSafe.com
Beginning in October (2007), the future of open source mobile Operating Systems (OS) began looking like an imminent reality. With companies such as Motorola, Apple, and Google leading the way, perhaps 2008 should respectfully be dubbed “The Year of Open Source Mobile Operating Systems.”
What does an open source mobile OS mean for the mobile community? For ages it seems that advances in mobile interoperability has been stunted by a myriad of proprietary OS restraints. The move towards an open source mobile OS represents a paradigm shift for the mobile industry. For cell phone users the industry adoption of open source represents what is sure to become a flood of mobile innovation.
As it stands today, there are many barriers that mobile users face which all point directly at the issues of the segmented OS issues of today. At a basic level, constraints of this segmentation make it often impossible to use the same mobile software across a myriad of handsets. Like we have done at MyMobiSafe.com, the current segmentation requires that we have unique offerings specific to each OS and in many cases each handset. As the founder of MyMobiSafe, I share this burden with all mobile software developers. At an enterprise level, managers are limited in their ability to adequately employ mobile applications throughout their organizations due to OS segmentation.
All of these issues (and a million others) are solved under an industry migration towards open source OS. Naturally not everyone in mobile will come on board as open source leaders in 2008, but the move seems inevitable for the industry collectively. As the New Year ushers in the opportunity of better days to come, the mobile industry stands poised to benefit from a migration towards open source. The day will come when mobile software is as fluid as it has always been in the computer industry. Here's to an open source migration of mobile OS!
I wish everyone a Happy New Year and I look forward to your responses.
Your mobile security expert and mobi guru,
Eric Everson, Founder - MyMobiSafe.com
Contact me at: Eric.Everson@MyMobiSafe.com
By Eric Everson, Founder of MyMobiSafe.com
Beginning in October (2007), the future of open source mobile Operating Systems (OS) began looking like an imminent reality. With companies such as Motorola, Apple, and Google leading the way, perhaps 2008 should respectfully be dubbed “The Year of Open Source Mobile Operating Systems.”
What does an open source mobile OS mean for the mobile community? For ages it seems that advances in mobile interoperability has been stunted by a myriad of proprietary OS restraints. The move towards an open source mobile OS represents a paradigm shift for the mobile industry. For cell phone users the industry adoption of open source represents what is sure to become a flood of mobile innovation.
As it stands today, there are many barriers that mobile users face which all point directly at the issues of the segmented OS issues of today. At a basic level, constraints of this segmentation make it often impossible to use the same mobile software across a myriad of handsets. Like we have done at MyMobiSafe.com, the current segmentation requires that we have unique offerings specific to each OS and in many cases each handset. As the founder of MyMobiSafe, I share this burden with all mobile software developers. At an enterprise level, managers are limited in their ability to adequately employ mobile applications throughout their organizations due to OS segmentation.
All of these issues (and a million others) are solved under an industry migration towards open source OS. Naturally not everyone in mobile will come on board as open source leaders in 2008, but the move seems inevitable for the industry collectively. As the New Year ushers in the opportunity of better days to come, the mobile industry stands poised to benefit from a migration towards open source. The day will come when mobile software is as fluid as it has always been in the computer industry. Here's to an open source migration of mobile OS!
I wish everyone a Happy New Year and I look forward to your responses.
Your mobile security expert and mobi guru,
Eric Everson, Founder - MyMobiSafe.com
Contact me at: Eric.Everson@MyMobiSafe.com
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