LiMo Foundation
Formation | January 2007 |
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Type | Not for profit consortium |
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The LiMo (Linux Mobile) Foundation, renamed to Tizen Association in 2012, is a non-profit technology consortium organization dedicated to creating the first truly open, hardware-independent, Linux-based mobile operating system for smartphone mobile devices. The mission of the LiMo Foundation is to create an open, Linux-based software platform for use by industry to produce mobile devices through a balanced and transparent contribution process, enabling a ecosystem of differentiated products, applications and services. The governance is "open and transparent": leadership and decision making are shared. The founding members were Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic Mobile Communications, Samsung Electronics, and Vodafone. The work result was the LiMo Platform. The work was integrated into mobile phone products from NEC, Panasonic and Samsung and later combined in the Tizen platform.
Members
Members of the LiMo Foundation are:
Founder and Core Members | Associate Members |
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Phones
Phones using LiMo include:
Samsung | NEC | Panasonic |
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LiMo & Tizen
In the end of September 2011 it was announced by the Linux Foundation that MeeGo will be totally replaced by the Tizen mobile operating system project during 2012. Tizen will be a new free and open source Linux-based operating-system which itself will not be released until the first quarter of 2012. Intel and Samsung, in collaboration with the LiMo Foundation and assisting MeeGo developers, have been pointed out to lead the development of this new software platform, using third-party developer frameworks that will primarily be built on the HTML5 and other web standards.[1][2][3][4][5][6] As of October 2012, the LiMo website traffic is redirected to tizen.org.
See also
- Linux Phone Standards Forum
- Android (operating system) from Google
- MeeGo Operating System from Nokia and Intel (former Maemo and Moblin)
- Openmoko
- Symbian Foundation
- Open Handset Alliance
Preceded by LiMo Foundation |
Tizen Association 2016 |
Succeeded by None |
References
- ↑ http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/28/meego-to-be-folded-into-linux-based-tizen-os-slated-to-arrive-i/ MeeGo to be folded into Linux-based Tizen OS, slated to arrive in 2012
- ↑ http://thisismynext.com/2011/09/28/meego-dead-meet-tizen-open-source-os-based-linux/ MeeGo is dead: Meet Tizen, another new open source OS based on Linux
- ↑ https://meego.com/community/blogs/imad/2011/whats-next-meego What's Next for MeeGo
- ↑ https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTk1Mg Tizen Is Announced; MeeGo Will Transition To It
- ↑ http://www.tizen.org Tizen Official Website
- ↑ Paul, Ryan. "MeeGo rebooted as Intel and Samsung launch new Tizen platform". Ars Technica. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
External links
- Official website
- Verizon Wireless, seven others join Linux phone org at Archive.is (archived 2013-01-27)
- Coming Battle Over Open Source Phones