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The (partial) open nature of existing mobile platform does not mean freedom for users. What's really needed is a mobile platform which belongs to everyone. Mozilla's vision: "the Web is the (mobile platform)". We'll describe Mozilla's strategy to make this happen, with Firefox OS, html5 and WebAPIs, so that everyone, including the 2 billion people that will come online in the next 5 years, can benefit from the opportunities brought by the Open Web.
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Tristan Nitot - @nitot#EventoLinux, Lisbon, 2013
Creating a Free and Open-Source mobile computing platform for all
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a global community of people who believe that
openness, innovation, and opportunity are key to the continued
health of the Internet.
Mozilla is
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We’re known for the Firefox Web browser
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• The Internet is a global public resource that must remain open and accessible.
• Individuals must have the ability to shape their own experiences on the Internet.
• The effectiveness of the Internet as a public resource depends upon interoperability (protocols, data formats, content), innovation and decentralized participation worldwide.
• Free and open source software promotes the development of the Internet as a public resource.
Mozilla Manifesto (excerpts)
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Two things to keep in mind:
1 - We’re a not-for-profit
organization
2 - What we do, we do it for the Web
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The future is mobile
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Google Apple ???
MarketPlace Google Play AppStore
Operating System
Android iOS
Hardware Motorola & co
iPhone
Market position
#1 #2 #3
Who’s going to be #3?Blackberry? Microsoft? Tizen? Ubuntu?
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Does the (partial) Open-Source nature of the software give freedom
to users?
No.
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Mozilla’s vision: «The Web is the
(mobile) Platform»
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Firefox for Android
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Hardware access
https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPImercredi 25 septembre 13
Firefox OSA complete, standalone operating system for the open Web, built entirely using HTML5 & standard
Web APIs
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Firefox Marketplace
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Firefox OS: How an Open Web Phone connects HTML5 to hardware
Hardware
Drivers
Linux Kernel
Gecko(Mozilla’s Web Rendering Engine)
HTML5,
JavaScript & CSS
Certified
apps
Privileged
apps
Hosted
apps{System
MarketplaceWeb
Security
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Chipset : Qualcomm
6 Hardware manufacturers: ZTE, TCL (Alcatel OneTouch), LG, Huawei, Sony, Foxconn
18 Carriers : America Movil, China Unicom, Deutsche Telekom, Etisalat, Hutchison Three Group, KDDI, KT, Megafon, QTel, SingTel, Smart, Sprint, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, Telenor, Telstra, TMN, & VimpelCom
Worldwide partnerships
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• 2 billion people will get on-line in the next 5 years
• They’re mostly feature-phone users for now
• Firefox OS runs on inexpensive hardware
• Will expand to more high-end hardware in the future
For which customers?
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Contribute to Mozilla:
• http://www.mozilla.org/contribute
Get hired by Mozilla:
• http://careers.mozilla.org/
Build Mobile Web Apps:
• https://marketplace.firefox.com/
3 things you can do now:
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Questions & Answers
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