[reuters request] alternative OS followup

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                January 23, 2014

            [reuters request] alternative OS followup

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Dear Subscriber, hi, a followup to my earlier request, broadening the topic a little (and apologising for some formatting issues on the first one, which might have garbled the name field.) 

Thanks to those of you who responded to the earlier one, and I'm following up separately on those. In the meantime I wanted to expand the request a bit. 

I'd welcome any insights, data or thoughts on the following: the role of the operating system in a platform, and the attitude 

mobile operating systems: what is their significance as a platform? What does 'platform' even mean here, when one could argue that WeChat or LINE is as much a platform as the underlying OS? How important is controlling the OS on mobile devices when these alternative ways of monetizing are arising? Does it matter, for example, to Samsung if Google controls Android and does it matter to Google that Samsung is the biggest Android OEM by some way? What is at stake here? 
where do the interests of OEMs, ODMs, carriers, developers etc align or diverge over operating systems? There seems to be some interest
are we looking at the wrong screen size? Are the more likely disruptions going to take place on smart TVs, or in cars, or refrigerators? Opera and Firefox clearly think the best strategy is to get their OSes/stores onto TVs and then work from there. Is this a smart strategy? Is it a lucrative one? 
how important is HTML5 in all this? Tizen, Firefox etc all see HTML5 as a way to assail the appstore walled gardens but is it a realistic goal? What are the implications if HTML5 does manage to do this? Does it overturn the ecosystem as we know it? 
there's quite a bit of eye-rolling over Tizen etc as it feels they're driven by major players and wishful thinking. We've heard so many announcements that turn out not to actually happen for skepticism to be a sensible reaction. But does that mean a '3rd OS' will never happen or just that it hasn't happened yet? What has to change to make one of these OSes find a place? Why has it been so hard thus far? Why has Tizen's promise of last year evaporated? Does that mean all 3rd OSes are doomed? 
talking of which, where are the likes of Windows, Asha and BB10 going to fit into all this? Is the truism that a platform can only ever be accepted by others by stealth or when it's really open source true? 

Thanks in advance for any offers of help or responses. 

Best, Jeremy 

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