LiMo - Linux for Mobile Foundation
Posted on October 6, 2008, under Open-Source.
LiMo Foundation is aimed at blending the community-based development benefits of “transparent, innovative and scalable” open source software. It will be guided by a board of directors comprising the Foundation Chairman Greg Besio of Motorola and vice- chairman Kiyohito Nagata of NTT DoCoMo.
To support their goal of creating world’s first globally competitive, Linux-based platform for cellphones, Motorola, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, Panasonic Mobile Communications, Samsung Electronics and Vodafone have launched LiMo (Linux for Mobile) Foundation.
LiMo will initiate development of an eco-system in which developers can influence the evolution of a standardized platform complete with a set of APIs, architecture, and contribution of the shared source code for the common components. Linux-based platform goal is to create user-friendly as well as reliable mobile devices.