Montag, 4. August 2008

Symbian and Android will merge

There’s an entertaining piece at the Inquirer about analyst firm J. Gold Associates predicting Symbian and Android will merge…

"Gold believes the ‘true’ open version of Symbian won’t be available for around 18-24 months, allowing time for the two code bases to be consolidated into a superior open-source product."

Unbelievable - at least technically as well as politically. Android and Symbian OS implementations are so technically different that it would make merging them a foolhardy endeavour. If even it were possible, the result would be a Frankenstein OS that would be difficult to understand and maintain. Where do people get these wild ideas? It’s madness.

Symbian and Android will merge - The INQUIRER

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