“Gphone vs. iPhone: The security debate begins” – Really??
One of the senior architects in my practice passed this article on to me and I find it interesting for a couple of reasons although probably not what the author intended.
First of all, I take umbrage with the use of the Gphone . This is such a media hype tip off. There is not such thing, yet, as a Gphone. The term is a media creation because they want a direct comparison to Apple’s iPhone and that is not possible.
The best part of this article has nothing to do with Apple, Google, or even mobile phones. The best part of this article is the, albeit fairly shallow, debate on the security merits of open source vs proprietary software. This is something we do encounter every day and need to be able to articulate the right messaging.
At Novell, I know we have had discussions about getting into the embedded market with some different companies but I believe we have passed so far. I do think the Open Handheld Alliance would be a good place for us to re-engage. I did not see any other Linux distros as part of the alliance.