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Mozilla Building Android Based Mobile OS

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the works-for-me dept.

karthikmns writes "The Firefox Mozilla has taken a step to develop an all new OS for mobile platforms. This internet browser giant has launched a Boot 2 Gecko(B2G) project. Similar to Firefox B2G is also an open source project which aims to clean up mobile fragmentation."

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  1. Dupe. by jra · · Score: 5, Informative

    Pay attention, editors.

    1. Re:Dupe. by goldspider · · Score: 2

      It's not a dupe if it immediately follows an iProduct flamefest article.

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    2. Re:Dupe. by Desler · · Score: 5, Informative

      It's worse than that. It's a blogspam dupe. The submitter is just trying to drive clicks to their "hoow" stuff works blog.

    3. Re:Dupe. by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 2

      It's worse than that - TFS is broken English and not even proofread.

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    4. Re:Dupe. by interkin3tic · · Score: 2

      I think it's a big deal that Mozilla decided to make TWO independent OSes, both with the exact same goals, and both with even the same name, "Boot to Gecko." Why -not- have two news stories for each of the two identical projects?

  2. Isn't that just Android then? by Kenja · · Score: 2

    Isn't an "Android based OS" called Android? And cleaning up mobile fragmentation is a laugh as XKCD pointed out. You'll just end up with yet another competing "standard".

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  3. Still on the front page by Dunbal · · Score: 2

    The dupe is still on the front page. Sometimes I wonder why I even bother. It's not like the editors do.

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  4. more than just a dupe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    not only is this a dupe. look at the link address. "hoow" stuff works. it's a made for adsense blogspot account.

  5. Cleaning up fragmentation of Os by denisbergeron · · Score: 2

    With a new fork OS ....

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  6. Spam, but not really a dup ... by BitZtream · · Score: 2

    I mean, yes, technically it is a dupe, and its obviously adwords spam that Taco should have stopped (I think he lets timothy post using his account now) ...

    But its the first time I've seen this story on slashdot. Its not a dupe for me simply because I've blocked several of the retarded editors, one of which approved the previous submission of this story.

    So yea, it is technically a dupe, but an expected one since most people avoid whatever douche bag editor posted the previous version. Seems though that Taco now needs to be added to the douche bag editor list for contributing spam himself.

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