Boot 2 Gecko Being Stripped From Mozilla's Codebase

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Boot 2 Gecko Being Stripped From Mozilla's Codebase

At the end of 2015 Mozilla effectively put an end to Firefox OS / Boot 2 Gecko by concluding things weren't working out for Mozilla Corp and their commercial partners to ship Firefox OS smartphones. All commercial development around it has since stopped and they are now preparing to strip B2G from the mozilla-central code-base...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=B2G-Dropping-From-Moz-Central

[uid313]

Firefox OS was an interesting idea and concept that the apps running on the system were normal HTML applications with JavaScript and CSS.
That apps were built on web technology. It makes it really easy for web developers to make cross-platform mobile apps.

[starshipeleven]

Firefox OS!

(cries and sobs loudly)

Firefox OS was an interesting idea and concept that the apps running on the system were normal HTML applications with JavaScript and CSS.
That apps were built on web technology. It makes it really easy for web developers to make cross-platform mobile apps.

ChromeOS still allows that.

[Ezio21]

Firefox OS!

(cries and sobs loudly)


ChromeOS still allows that.

But no one uses ChromeOS same as FirefoxOS too.

[fuzz]

Ironic how this is disappearing even now as "Progressive Web Apps" are becoming a thing .

[starshipeleven]

But no one uses ChromeOS same as FirefoxOS too.

Yeah, everyone buys chromebooks to hack them to run linux. http://www.zdnet.com/article/npd-chr...ndows-laptops/

[devius]

But no one uses ChromeOS same as FirefoxOS too.

Sales data seem to contradict your opinion, unless you live in Europe. They're not very popular on Europe, but I've never seen one for sale over here anyway, so they're not exactly easy to come by outside of the US.

[Luke_Wolf]

Yeah, everyone buys chromebooks to hack them to run linux. http://www.zdnet.com/article/npd-chr...ndows-laptops/

As that's an SJVN article you have to remember to take what he says with a huge grain of salt and read closely. If we go to his source https://www.npd.com/wps/portal/npd/u...ording-to-npd/ there's a few things that need to be pointed out immediately
1). This is talking about B2B sales, not consumer sales
From Wikipedia the Definition of Business to Business is:

Business-to-business (B2B) refers to a situation where one business makes a commercial transaction with another. This typically occurs when:

• A business is sourcing materials for their production process (e.g. a food manufacturer purchasing salt).
• A business needs the services of another for operational reasons (e.g. a food manufacturer employing an accountancy firm to audit their finances).
• A business re-sells goods and services produced by others (e.g. a retailer buying the end product from the food manufacturer).

B2B is often contrasted against business-to-consumer (B2C). In B2B commerce it is often the case that the parties to the relationship have comparable negotiating power, and even when they don't, each party typically involves professional staff and legal counsel in the negotiation of terms, whereas B2C is shaped to a far greater degree by economic implications of information asymmetry.

Basically... this could mean anything, from businesses outfitting themselves with chromebooks, to academic institutions doing the same, to retail giants purchasing bundles of them to sell, or whatever.

2). Where's he's getting this 50% statistic from is this paragraph

Chromebooks have maintained their education season buying momentum with sales up 38 percent over 2014 and, for the first time, exceeding sales of Windows notebooks and passing the 50 percent market share threshold through B2B channels during the June and early July period. Yet, while Chromebooks have seen strong demand, it has not necessarily impacted Windows notebooks and MacBooks, which both also posted sales increases, totaling 6 percent and 42 percent respectively.

3). You'll note however there's this chart on their page


4). Schools are definitely purchasing chromebooks because they're easy for them to manage. This could account for the B2B sales by itself, but remember all this number means is Company A sold Company B some stuff.

[Luke_Wolf]

Whenever my unapproved post goes through, edited onto that... I just reread the NPD article closer and that's 50% share of the throughput of B2B channels for one month of one year (that is June 2015), with H1 Marketshare for that year for B2B still having ChromeOS at 30% Apple at 10% and Windows at 60%.

[Luke_Wolf]

Double Edit... Looking even closer those charts are for PC + Tablet B2B sales and it's just "Google" as 30% which means that's going to be both Android + ChromeOS and I can guarantee that it's mostly Android Tablet sales much of which is sales to retail.