<p dir="ltr">Tony that story is simmilar to FirefoxOS. What happened to them?</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On 22 Apr 2016 11:10 am, "Tony White via kictanet" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">"It is the only open platform that is out there that is easily<br>
accessible and can be tuned to work in ways many manufacturers would<br>
like it to work."<br>
<br>
Not quite true<br>
<br>
Ubuntu (Linux) has a version for phones - still 'beta', although two<br>
(Chinese) phone manufacturers are already shipping phones and tablets<br>
with Ubuntu installed. This is totally free and open source, with no<br>
ulterior motive behind it.<br>
<br>
I, for one, will buy my next phone with Ubuntu - and then have<br>
consistency across all platforms - desktop, laptop, tablet, phone, and<br>
IoT devices.<br>
<br>
Note that Android is also built on a Linux base - but with Google's<br>
proprietary 'bits' on top.<br>
<br>
<br>
On 22/04/2016, Ali Hussein via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
> Great points Ahmed.<br>
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> As I said this is definitely an interesting one to watch and one that has<br>
> lessons for us in Kenya as we grapple with our own 'Dominance' issues.<br>
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> On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 8:26 AM, Ahmed Mohamed Maawy via kictanet <<br>
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>> This is a tricky issue in many ways:<br>
>><br>
>> 1. Android is an appealing product to put onto a Smart Phone platform.<br>
>> Its not only designed for a Smart Phone, its designed also for TV<br>
>> boxes,<br>
>> and other appliances. It is the only open platform that is out there<br>
>> that<br>
>> is easily accessible and can be tuned to work in ways many<br>
>> manufacturers<br>
>> would like it to work.<br>
>> 2. Google is not doing this for free. Its doing this because it wants<br>
>> to roll out its services to the manufacturer who may want to receive<br>
>> its<br>
>> "free" product to kick start their operations.<br>
>> 3. Rival platforms face some problems Android has solved: Either it<br>
>> being running on costly hardware (iPhone's iOS) or it being not<br>
>> lucrative<br>
>> as an option to drive hardware sales (Windows, Blackberry, etc).<br>
>> 4. Infact the platforms like iOS, Blackberry, Windows have the same<br>
>> issues: They either push iCloud (Apple), BlackBerry services or Bing<br>
>> (Microsoft) as bundled products.<br>
>> 5. Various open attempts have been developed but adoption has brought<br>
>> them down - a good example of FirefoxOS by Mozilla. FirefoxOS would<br>
>> have<br>
>> solved this exact same problem. Is it then that the corporates are not<br>
>> willing to invest in such platforms?<br>
>><br>
>> Ahmed<br>
>><br>
>> On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 4:50 AM, WANGARI KABIRU via kictanet <<br>
>> <a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>>> Happy Furahi Day!<br>
>>><br>
>>> Thank you for sharing the piece!<br>
>>><br>
>>> "One big difference in U.S. antitrust law is that the ultimate barometer<br>
>>> of whether something is illegal is whether it negatively affects the<br>
>>> consumer—for example, by raising the price of a product or service. That<br>
>>> would make it difficult to prosecute Google for antitrust behavior,<br>
>>> since<br>
>>> the vast majority of its products are free. The European Union, however,<br>
>>> doesn’t need to make that argument—it’s free to find Google’s behavior<br>
>>> illegal regardless of what it costs."<br>
>>><br>
>>> ISOC KE during the next Internet Governance Forum, the Competition<br>
>>> Authority would be a great guest to "demystify this Anti-Trust,<br>
>>> Dominance<br>
>>> terms and practical application.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Today's local tech start-up may be less concerned, however, it is the<br>
>>> next global tech giant soon.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Blessed day.<br>
>>><br>
>>> Regards/Wangari<br>
>>><br>
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>>><br>
>>><br>
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>>> On Fri, 22/4/16, Ali Hussein via isoc <<a href="mailto:isoc@lists.my.co.ke">isoc@lists.my.co.ke</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Subject: [isoc_ke] EU hits Google with Anti-Trust complaint<br>
>>> To: <a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>, <a href="mailto:ISOC@lists.my.co.ke">ISOC@lists.my.co.ke</a><br>
>>> Date: Friday, 22 April, 2016, 3:31<br>
>>><br>
>>> Listers<br>
>>> This should be interesting.<br>
>>> EU hits Google<br>
>>> EU officials<br>
>>> say Google forces phone makers and carriers to<br>
>>> install its services.<br>
>>> For many Android<br>
>>> users, one of the appealing things about Google’s mobile<br>
>>> operating system is that it is an open ecosystem—anyone<br>
>>> can install or modify it, since it is open source, and users<br>
>>> can run any apps they want, something they can’t do on<br>
>>> Apple’s iOS devices. But the European Union doesn’t see<br>
>>> it that way. To the EU, Android is a just tool that Google<br>
>>> uses to expand its mobile and search<br>
>>> monopolies.Read on:-<br>
>>> <a href="http://fortune.com/2016/04/21/eu-google-antitrust/Ali" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://fortune.com/2016/04/21/eu-google-antitrust/Ali</a><br>
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