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During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act - George Orwell
Symbian and Android will merge
ANALYST FIRM J. Gold Associates, has released a new research report concerning the current open-source mobile operating system market.
Analyst Jack Gold has stated that he believes Symbian and Google's Android will combine to provide a single Open Source operating system.
Apparently the rationale behind Google merging its newly-developed product is due to the company having difficulties with producing a mobile OS, and Gold points to recent 'slips' to support these theories.
Symbian would also benefit from the merging of the two products, with the research paper stating, "Symbian for its part has a huge share in smart phones, but could use some more help in cementing its position with the Open Source community and not appear as just a Nokia PR stunt."
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.
Once this happens, the analyst firm believes the majority of all other open-source mobile operating system efforts will fall into place behind the merged behemoth and follow suit - allowing a greater competitive force to oust Microsoft's Windows Mobile.
These conclusions come soon after Nokia purchased Symbian and released it to the public domain under an Open Source license. Read the previous INQ brief here.
We're not so sure Google would wish to merge its upcoming newly-founded operating system with an existing solution, especially if it means loosening control over a product its keeping tight to its chest. µ
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It may be , but not because is difficult to put linux on phone. LiMo has already done this, so is moth more probale taht LiMo and Android. In my understanding Android is about to sell app on the web and LiMo is about have a phone that work... so it would be a good marriage.
The suggestion that Symbian and Android merge is complete and utter nonsense from a technological perspective. Symbian is barely Posix compatible and has a very different technological underpinning from a Linux system. It makes as much sense as suggesting that Windows and Linux merge.
There would be no benefit to that merger and it will never happen. Symbian is clearly in the lead but has a really old and creaky codebase - in need of new ideas. Android is fresh yet immature but approaching things differently. The idea that they should combine to oust MS is laughable, oust them from where exactly ? Their puny 10% market share? RIM & Apple will overtake them very soon and be the real challengers to Symbian. Linux-based OSes will pass MS soon too.
Symbian should be tossed into the trash can. Nokia realized what garbage Symbian was after they bought it and that is why they gave it away as open source. And yes, I used to code Symbian software. It's garbage.
Gads but you people know no depths of journalistic tomfoolery. When an analyst suggests something *should* or *might* happen, it is egregiously irresponsible to title the article "X Will Happen". I hope you folks realize that your site has devolved from "journalism" to "guilty entertainment" to me. But beware: even The World Weekly News ("Alien Babies Living On Titanic!") recently collapsed under the weight of its own absurdity...
This is not stating it will happen but purely a prediction. Mr Gold told me, "We have not sited any sources at either Symbian or Google for this report, as it is conjecture on our part, based on market analysis and what we believe should take place to advance the mobile market" I will have more information on this at http://www.googleandblog.com/ ,Michael Martin
Stupid idea! If Mr. Gold's assumption that both Google Android and Symbian will need (more) time to market with their first/next gen products, than a merger would be like two prisoners escaping from prison with their legs tied together. Above all, the article title sounds is incorrect. I'm not in the know, is this yellow press? :-) Cheers! Shonzilla
This is an absolutely ridiculous idea; not only is it completely unfeasible from a technical perspective (it's a very wrong-headed suggestion) , it's pretty far-fetched to come up with a reason why Google would want to. Assuming you've not misquoted Mr Jack Gold, he's a moron, not an analyst.
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