Thread: Sailfish OS Should Be Merged With Tizen
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2014-11-07 , 17:27
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#7
Originally Posted by Thoke View Post
Competitors in the same market-segment rarely find cooperation possible in terms acceptable to both parties, except when Elopcalypse happens.
Meego itself was the result of collaboration between Nokia and Intel, Android was the result of collaboration between Android Inc. (Now Google) and the Open Handset Alliance which consists of many manufacturers and LiMo (Linux Mobile) was the result of collaboration between manufacturers. Platforms generally become most successful when they have a lot of hardware available, so collaboration to a certain degree makes a lot of sense.