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Huawei Working on its Own OS to Prepare for "Worst-Case Scenario" of Being Deprived of Android

posted by chromas on Tuesday May 01 2018, @12:12AM   Printer-friendly

takyon writes:

Huawei may have a backup OS in case it has to drop Android

It'd be hard to blame Huawei executives if they're feeling very nervous lately. The US has created havoc for ZTE by renewing an export ban over trade violations, potentially depriving it of its Android license and leaving it without a platform. How would Huawei avoid a similar fate? Simple: it would use its own operating system instead. South China Morning Post sources have claimed that Huawei has been developing its own mobile operating system (there are reportedly tablet and PC equivalents) ever since it and ZTE faced an American investigation in 2012. It's considered an investment for "worst-case scenarios," the insiders said.

The company hasn't released this OS because it isn't up to Android's level of quality and app support, the sources added.

Huawei hasn't confirmed or denied the software's existence, saying only that it "has no plans" to launch an in-house OS in the "foreseeable future" -- if there is one, there's no rush to use it. There was a purported meeting leak in 2012 that referenced a new platform.

See also: ZTE and the Unknown Unknowns

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  • (Score: 2) by darkfeline on Tuesday May 01 2018, @06:00PM (1 child)

    by darkfeline (1030) on Tuesday May 01 2018, @06:00PM (#674233) Homepage

    I am confused too. Android is FOSS, so it's not like the US can do anything to stop Huawei, at least not without setting groundbreaking precedents (what's to stop the US from banning export of Linux then?)

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  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Tuesday May 01 2018, @06:41PM

    by Freeman (732) on Tuesday May 01 2018, @06:41PM (#674255) Journal

    Linux was originated and developed by a Finn. The beauty of Open Source is that it's out there for everyone. Someone decides to stop developing X and market paid version Y? Just, fork the original. Sure, the US could do something Really stupid and try to block freely available software, but again that would be really stupid.

    We import Linux and / or it belongs to the world and / or whatever you want to call Open Source, etc.

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