Google a achizitionat compania Motorola Mobility si unii producatori de terminale Android traiesc acum cu teama ca in curand compania din Mountain View ar putea aplica strategia celor de la Apple si ar putea folosi Android OS doar in terminalele fabricate de Motorola. Marile companii au si “prieteni” in guvernele puternice asa ca zilele trecute guvernul din Coreea de Sud a anuntat ca va investi in construirea unui sistem de operare pentru terminale mobile care va rivaliza cu cele existente acum pe piata.
South Korea will seek to develop a new, open-source operating system (OS) for mobile phones that will help secure local smartphone makers’ future competitiveness against their global rivals such as Apple Inc., a government official said Monday. Kim Jae-hong, a deputy minister from the Ministry of Knowledge Economy, said Google’s takeover of Motorola, along with the approximately 17,000 mobile phone-related patents it will acquire, could provide short-term protection for South Korean companies using the open Android system against Apple’s patent claims.
Cine are cel mai mult de pierdut in urma achizitionarii Motorola Mobility de catre Google? Samsung, desigur, iar compania asiatica a facut presiuni la guvernul coreean mai ales ca Apple are deschise cateva procese care i-ar putea afecta serios vanzarile. Desigur ca planurile dezvoltarii unui asemenea sistem de operare nu pot fi puse chiar acum in practica, vor trece cativa ani de zile pana cand o versiune cat de cat stabila va fi disponibila publicului larg iar pana atunci se pot intampla multe. Interesanta este totusi strategia celor de la Samsung care acum se vad incoltiti de Apple si Google si incep sa ceara ajutorul guvernului pentru a rezolva situatia.
Because Google is an open-source system, it cannot just switch over to a closed-source system overnight. Still, we cannot completely rule out the possibility of Google jumping into the smartphone business in the future.
