Is it just me or the author of the article did everything he could to make Boot to Gecko look bad, even if we know very little from it yet.
Since when being fully open source and easy to hack is a bad thing? The argument of operators crippling the phone with their apps is another problem. And I don't think Mozilla would approve distributing an OS which seriously limits the user freedom.
> And I don't think Mozilla would approve distributing an OS which seriously limits the user freedom.
Just like China can ship a Linux distro that's locked down and full of spyware, someone could ship a device based on Boot2Gecko that's insanely user-unfriendly. However, that's part of the point: you're free to do what you want with the OS, and that cuts both ways. The same freedom that allows people to do amazing things with their hardware is what could allow evil people to ship a horrendously locked down phone. Do I think it's likely to happen? No.
(Disclaimer: I work for Mozilla on B2G, but obviously this is just my own personal opinion and I don't speak for the company, etc etc.)
