It seems that Mozilla is working on a new open source OS to battle Google Chrome OS.
On Mozilla's Developer Google Group, was following announcement done recently:
We suggest a project that we call "boat with Gecko" (B2G) for the purpose of the building a complete, standalone operating system for the open web. It's going to work on some areas require.
New web APIs: build prototype APIs exposing device and OS capabilities to content (telephony, SMS, Camera, USB, Bluetooth, NFC, etc.)Privilege model: to ensure that these new capabilities can be safely exposed to pages and applicationsBooting: prototype a low-level substrate for an Android-compatible deviceapplications: and choose port or build apps to prove out and prioritizing of the power of the systemWe will work in the open, we will release the source in real time, we will all successful additions to a group of appropriate standards and we will keep track of changes made from that process. We don't try to have this native-grade apps just run on Firefox, we're trying to run on the web.
This project is in its infancy; Some pieces of it are recorded only in our heads today, others are not fully explored. We talk about it now because we want expertise of entire Mozilla and of people who are not yet part of Mozilla to inform and build the project, we're here outlined.
Sounds interesting. What do you think? Success or failure?
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