Remember how the powers that be said MeeGo would live on despite one of the more prominent backers (Nokia) bowing out? Yeah, well they lied. MeeGo executive director Jim Zemlin revealed via the Linux Foundation Blog that MeeGo as we know it — independent — will be folded into another, new open source OS called “Tizen”. According to a CCS Insight analyst, Geoff Blaber, Tizen will “unify a number of marginalized Linux based platforms”.
But can it actually steal marketshare from Apple or Google much less Microsoft or RIM? It’s highly unlikely, really. MeeGo never went anywhere much to our dismay. The same story is likely true for this new, “re-aligned” open source effort to.
In other news: Nokia announced their first (and only) MeeGo powered device, the N9. Timing is everything…
Look for the first Tizen devices to start popping up early next year.
Source: LinuxFoundation, Reuters | Via: ElectricPig
