Huawei says its own operating system could be ready this year if it can’t use Google or Microsoft

[Universe]

Competition is not a bad thing.

[helbtk]

Can't wait to have a windows cheaper competitor.
Linux doesn't have the amount of support it needs.

[Harkonnen]

k, Sailfish + Huawei connection still live and kicking afterall

New Huawei OS Shock: 'Confirmation' Of Russian Software For Mobile Devices

Despite the highly-publicised launch of its own HarmonyOS, Huawei is reportedly preparing a pilot-test of Russia's Aurora OS on its mobile devices. Aurora is based on the Sailfish OS, which was developed in Finland before its adoption by the Russian Open Mobile Platform with the backing of oligarch Grigory Berezkin. In 2018, state-owned carrier Rostelecom acquired a 75% share in the Open Mobile Platform, providing a direct link into the government and its ITC ministries.

As I reported back in June, Russian media claimed that Huawei had "discussed the possible transition of smartphones to Sailfish with [Russia's] minister of digital development and communications." According to those reports, "the topic was raised at meetings between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping" at the 2019 St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).
The political symbolism and the potential for heightened collaboration between China and Russia had put this high on the agenda on both sides.
And so to this week, and to a report from Reuters that Huawei is getting set to install Aurora "on 360,000 of its tablets to conduct Russia’s population census next year." Reuters' unnamed sources also claimed that the pilot project is "the first stage of launching the Russian OS on Huawei devices."


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