Will Ubuntu be successful with Android as an open-source system?

    Early this morning, Ubuntu developer Canonical released a smartphone named Edge, rather than a release, as the project was set up, because the project officially launched the need to raise at least 32 million dollars (30 days). Ubuntu's first mobile phone edge shape Design founder has type, fuselage size for 64x9x124mm, equipped with a 4.5-inch sapphire screen, resolution of 1280x720 pixels, with multiple core processor, memory combination looks very fierce, that is, 4GB RAM+128GB storage space.       In addition, the machine also has a 8 million megapixel camera (2 million pixels ahead), running a dual system that is Ubuntu mobile OS and Android, while providing accelerometers, gyroscopes, compasses, barometers and other functions, support LTE 4G Network.      Price is about 600 USD (RMB 3680), and shipment time is May 2014.      Currently, Ubuntu has been supported by the world's major operators, including Deutsche Telekom, modifiable Everywhere, Korea Telecom, Telecom Italia, LG Uplus, and the list of its Ubuntu operator advisors. Portugal Telecom, SK Telecom and other 8 operators, all from the non-US region. With Verizon joining, the chances of a Ubuntu phone landing in the US have increased. Currently, the members of the operators who are confirmed to join the advisory group include China Unicom and Smartfren.      means the company will work with these members to promote the development of the Ubuntu operating system.      Ubuntu System Advantages: gesture Operation PC Desktop two-in-one      as a high-profile new mobile phone system, the biggest feature of Ubuntu system is gesture operation and mobile phone PC. Its gesture operation can almost make the phone without any virtual buttons can be. The left and right borders are joined by gestures. Sliding the left border appears in the sidebar, which includes some common applications, which should be customizable in the official edition. This should be a very necessary setting for a one-handed operation, and it can also be seen that the future Ubuntu system may develop toward a 5-inch large-screen handset. The right side of the slide will pull up our last application, whether it is on the phone or playing games on the Internet, will quickly go to the last closed application. This greatly reduces the memory pressure and requires only one response action to complete.      At the same time, high-distribution version UbuNTU mobile phone has the ability to transform with the desktop system. When the phone is connected to an external monitor via the cradle, it will automatically start desktop mode, and the user will be able to operate the desktop version of Ubuntu directly, as if using an ordinary Ubuntu computer.      In the application of ecological cultivation, the BlackBerry 10 provides four application development and transformation methods, Ubuntu has adopted a similar approach, trying to maximize the application of the source. The Ubuntu ecosystem relies heavily on web apps.      Canonical says Ubuntu will take the same approach as Web applications and native applications. This means that you can use all applications developed based on HTML5 technology, such as Facebook, Google Maps, Spotify, and Twitter. The Ubuntu mobile operating system will also provide developers with a complete software development kit (SDK).      Canonical is committed to providing a deep API interface for Ubuntu Mobile OS to provide Web applications, allowing them to be installed into the system independently and using a variety of system services as a native application. It also means that Web applications built on PhoneGap should be able to run directly in Ubuntu. Therefore, the Ubuntu mobile operating system may not lack the support of the application.      for Android (both based on Linux) of the same origin, Ubuntu is an important opponent.      However, Ubuntu has always been a relatively loose and financially weak team, otherwise there will be no need to raise at least 32 million dollars in 30 days for the project to start funding.      A netizen evaluates ubuntu like this: The company is no less technical and innovative than Google and Apple, but lacks some commercial genes.      Even if the mobile phone system will not be divided into four will be subject to the pursuit of small users of the grace      Prior to the start of the MWC exhibition this year, canonical, the Ubuntu mobile OS developer, unveiled a touch-developer preview, as well as a variety of mobile phone ROM packets from Google Nexus. It also lets us see another competitor in the mobile operating system. Can this obscure new system get a slice of the market? Will it be the fourth largest mobile operating system?      Angel Venture Village investment director Zhu Yisheng has published an article that in the current market situation, light has aA decent operating system, obviously not enough to stand out, occupy a certain influence in the market share, but also need an ecosystem support, which is the most important is the support of mobile phone manufacturers.      At present, although Android has the largest number of support vendors, occupy the biggest market share, but these manufacturers will inevitably whispered, hoping to have one more choice.      In fact, most of these mobile phone manufacturers want to take the road is Apple's road, can have iOS such excellent, closed and unique operating system, but the iOS because of the accumulation of years, precipitation and a lot of research and development investment has its now, in a short time Samsung, Huawei is difficult to achieve.      Second, handset makers want to have an open-source system that is as good as Android, and do not want it to be in the hands of a powerful controller such as Google, with a choice that can rival Google.      So, from the point of view of handset makers, Ubuntu has a chance to become a backup operating system outside of Android. But in addition to the above, such as Tizen, Sailfish and other competition, there are three difficulties.  1, consumer habits      consumers have developed their own habits in the development of smartphones over the years, so whether the full gesture operation of Ubuntu will be favored by consumers is also unpredictable.  2, mobile phone manufacturers and application developers path-dependent      handset manufacturers and application developers have become accustomed to the ecological environment of Android, Ubuntu wants to build new ecosystems must break the original path dependence, this may take a short time , Android responds to competition.  3, a lot of input      to do an operating system is not easy, after Intel and Nokia jointly build Meego platform, but ultimately failed. It needs a lot of capital investment, human investment and time accumulation, Ubuntu current fund size, personnel scale is relatively small, can support its sustainable development is also a big problem.      Ubuntu wants to shine and keep up with Android looks difficult, maybe it will repeat the fate of the PC field, become a unique but only a small number of popular mobile phone operating system.