“Linux, the original computer virus.” That line used to be said of UNIX, but no single flavor of UNIX ever spread across so many platforms and onto so many handsets.  Those handsets, the oft predicted unified communications solution, are the new OS battleground.  In a relatively short time we have seen: Google issue Android and, with partners Motorola and Verizon, shook Steve Jobs so bad he nearly busted a spleen (but I hear he can buy replacement parts easily enough) Flush from that success, Motorola decides that owning a Linux distro might be a good long-term option and buys Azingo Intel bought Wind River, the leader in embedded operating systems, and one who was grooming the embedded Linux market, including handsets, a chip target high on Intel’s priority list HP, unhappy that Apple iPads beat them to the Slate market, and seemingly unhappy with Microsoft’s offerings for slab devices, buys … Continue reading →