AnonTechie [soylentnews.org] writes:
Days after Samsung introduced a Tizen OS-based smartphone, a UK-based analyst declared the operating system a non-starter, despite its backing by a consortium of heavyweights including Intel, Samsung and LG Electronics. "Is Tizen going anywhere? In a word, no," wrote Andrew Sheehy, chief analyst for Generator Research in an online research report (
http://www.generatorresearch.com/tekcarta/analysis-insight/heres-why-the-new-tizen-smartphone-OS-will-go-nowhere/?lid=01a650598aa110614a145039a [generatorresearch.com] ). To support his view, Sheehy said the OS is five years behind Google's Android and Apple's iOS and has the support of only a small cadre of developers compared to the millions writing applications for Android and iOS. "Watching Tizen's development is like watching a car crash in slow motion," he wrote.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9249035/Update_Tizen_OS_declared_dead_in_the_water_ [computerworld.com]?
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