What does Symbian open source mean for Linux?

Article Title: What does Symbian open source mean for Linux ?. Linux is a technology channel of the IT lab in China. Including desktop applications, Linux system management, kernel research, embedded systems and open source, among other basic categories, one of the most important news of the year, Nokia acquired all shares of Sybian systems, and open the source code under the Eclipse license. In this sudden move, the demand for Linux on mobile phones is far from enough.

With 60% of the market share, Sybian has long dominated the mobile phone market. When Nokia is involved in Linux, the open-source Symbian action should be to pull the attention back to Symbian.

In fact, Nokia's move completely changed the role of Linux in the mobile phone industry. Some people have analyzed that developers may redouble their efforts to develop applications on the Symbian platform, rather than moving them to rival platforms such as Google Android and other Linux mobile platforms.

Is this a bad thing? I don't think so. It is not Linux, which is very important for the mobile phone industry. It is open-source. Whether it is open-source Symbian or open-source Linux, the benefits to developers are the same: transparency, flexibility, and community.

Even so, I am still happy to see the development opportunities of Linux mobile phones. Using the same Linux operating system as the desktop and server in mobile phone development is a huge advantage. However, Symbian is only available in the mobile phone market.

Even so, Nokia's bold moves will bring a larger competition to the mobile phone market, leaving open source with only the last mainstream market unconquered-desktop.