Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Expert opinion: Android will make Linux a mainstream.
Google Android OS has all chances to overcome in market Windows Mobile, Calvin Huang the Daiwa Securities expert has declared in interview to the ZDNet. In his opinion, Android OS becomes the most successful in the world the Linux-distribution kit, and free operational systems can seriously press on Windows and Mac OS X with its becoming.
The analyst is assured - to compete with Microsoft, there is two things necessary for mobile OS: the low price for devices manufacturers and support from large software companies. At present meets these two requirements only Android and Symbian OS (recently became the open platform). The expert also believes, that Android will be soon delivered together with netbooks, and after a while - with usual notebooks.