Tuesday December 11, 2007 Holy Hot LiPS Houlihan! Yet another Linux consortium?
LiPS (Linux Phone Standards Forum) is yet another Linux consortium working on a standard for the cell phone industry. Just like Google Android, they have a typical cast of characters that have ganged up, uh, grouped together including Orange, France Telecom, MontaVista, Access, and Don Corleone. OK, maybe not the Don--just seeing if you were paying attention. Unlike, the Google Android Cosa Nostra, the Hot LiPS cabal has released its first spec. See: Here's a quote: The market greeted the launch of LiPS in 2005 with some fanfare but nothing like the excitement around Google's recent announcement of Android. LiPS is different from the Open Handset Alliance, the group supporting Google's Android, because it is a specification that allows users to create different interoperable implementations while Android is itself one implementation of Linux...Ah, that's the difference. I was confused there thinking there are a billion and one of these Linux consortia out there. Silly me! But, there's only one that will make you an offer you can't refuse...
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