Monday, November 05, 2007
Qualcomm in the Open Handset Alliance??
When you look at the companies involved in the Google's led Open Handset Alliance, it is easy to spot the ones that are missing... Nokia, RIM, Palm, Apple, Microsoft, Sony Ericsson, Vodafone, Verizon, O2... However, it is harder to miss the ones that are there, but they clearly do not belong...The big one? Qualcomm...
I mean, Qualcomm has represented for years the pillar of the mobile wall garden. Mention the word OPEN and people at Qualcomm would ask you "what do you mean with that?". BREW is the most closed environment in the history of mankind.
Yet, Qualcomm is there. Proudly (I presume). In the OPEN Handset Alliance. Pushing for openness. Removing another brick from the wall garden.
Hey, how many more tips do you need to believe the wireless world has changed and Mobile 2.0 is here to stay? The wall garden is crumbling, the operators are becoming bit pipes, Qualcomm is supporting Open. Next thing you know, Apple will have an SDK for the iPhone. Wait, that happened already...
I love this market...
Posted by Fabrizio at 18:58
1 Comments:
Donald C. Kirker said...
Wait. What? Qualcomm? Really?
I have a feeling that Qualcomm's existence may not be entirely open source.
To quote the Andriod FAQ:
"Why did you pick the Apache v2 open source license?
Apache is a commercial-friendly open-source license. The Apache license allows manufacturers and mobile operators to innovate using the platform without the requirement to contribute those innovations back to the open-source community...."
I would really love to see Qualcomm, and the other companies, take a "give back" stance on the OHA.
