AFAIK, LiMo is not "Linux" as most people know "Linux." LiMo doesn't carry with it the attributes of free, open-source, openness, hairy flower hippies dancing in the park, Richard Stallman, or third-party application accessibility. (Wow, that was some free association.)
For instance, MOTOMAGX is LiMo, and MOTOMAGX is about as locked down as any RTOS you ever did see.
LiMo is about manufacturers being able to bring devices to market more quickly by using a relatively standardized software platform. That software platform can be encrusted with every lock and restriction known to humans before it is released to the individual public. So say yay, yay, Nucleus and P2K are going away, but watch out before you make any generalizations about what LiMo handsets will look or feel like.
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AFAIK, LiMo is not "Linux" as most people know "Linux." LiMo doesn't carry with it the attributes of free, open-source, openness, hairy flower hippies dancing in the park, Richard Stallman, or third-party application accessibility. (Wow, that was some free association.)
For instance, MOTOMAGX is LiMo, and MOTOMAGX is about as locked down as any RTOS you ever did see.
LiMo is about manufacturers being able to bring devices to market more quickly by using a relatively standardized software platform. That software platform can be encrusted with every lock and restriction known to humans before it is released to the individual public. So say yay, yay, Nucleus and P2K are going away, but watch out before you make any generalizations about what LiMo handsets will look or feel like.
Not that you did, Chris - I'm just saying.