Yesterday news came with a blow: Mozilla announced that, despite development of Firefox OS will continue, they decided to stop their three year experiment with the OS on phones.For many, this was equal to saying that Firefox OS is dead.
Some people were surprised because this decision came when Firefox OS phones were starting to get some traction in developing markets.
Apparently, Mozilla wants to focus on its core products. I guess that means the Firefox browser only because they are also looking for someone to pick up Thunderbird.
Mozilla, however, says that they will continue with Firefox OS in embedded devices.
I suppose that implies that I will have to buy a TV if I want to run Firefox OS again.
This was quite a blow for me, too. Although I'm not fond of smartphones, Firefox OS was my first option if I ever decided to buy one. Also, a tablet running Firefox OS would have been cool. Too bad; sometimes good ideas do not take off commercially.
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