Meego's going gone. The LiMo Foundation and The Linux Foundation have announced that a new open source project called Tizen to be developed as a Linux-based device platform. Intel plans to move the developers of Meego to Tizen. According to the Tizen website:
According to the Tizen website:
The Tizen software platform, a mobile and device operating system based on Linux and other popular upstream projects. Tizen will support multiple device categories, such as smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, netbooks, and in-vehicle infotainment devices. The Linux Foundation will host the project, where Tizen development will be completely open and led by a technical steering team composed of Intel and Samsung.
After Samsung announced that they are going to let Bada go open source, it isn't surprise that Samsung will team up with Intel to sponsor the Tizen OS. Samsung wrote in their blog:
Why not just evolve MeeGo? We believe the future belongs to HTML5-based applications, outside of a relatively small percentage of apps, and we are firmly convinced that our investment needs to shift toward HTML5. Shifting to HTML5 doesn't just mean slapping a web runtime on an existing Linux, even one aimed at mobile, as MeeGo has been. Emphasizing HTML5 means that APIs not visible to HTML5 programmers need not be as rigid, and can evolve with platform technology and can vary by market segment.
There are so many dedicated Qt developers that everyone is anxious to hear if Tizen will be based on mobile devices. There are already a few netbooks running Meego available market. The news is not detailed enough to draw conclusions so watch out for more updates.
Source: Liliputing
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