The key of Success for OS'S (POLL)

[ammyt]

I just wanted some things to get clarified. Smartphones?

[s4br0s0]

I don't understand this poll.

Grettings

[Lawand]

None of the above.

IMO, the following points play a part of the success of any OS, and having as many of them would be better:

Openess
Number and quality of applications, of which a key element is:
Appeal to developers
Having as less fragmentation as possible
Integration with useful and popular services (like Google services in case of Android)
(if we are talking about products, not just about OSes, then) Hardware quality


Hope I didn't miss anything...

[lma]

There's also the stab-the-customer-in-the-back factor (eg Maemo's cherry, or WebOS' GPS tracking).

[MINKIN2]

I just wanted some things to get clarified. Smartphones?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone

I thought Symbian was Open Source?


Anyways, what ever catagory you put it in, it appears as though that would be the key to Success. (...But then it is the daddy of the smartphone OS's.)


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Smartphone_share_current.png/275px-Smartphone_share_current.png

[danramos]

The penalty is.. ONE THOUSAND YEARS.. FROZEN IN CARBONITE!
There go my nipples again.

[kureyon]

Anyways, what ever catagory you put it in, it appears as though that would be the key to Success. (...But then it is the daddy of the smartphone OS's.) But remember Symbian rose to dominance on the back of practically no competition (just Palm and MS). And because of that its UI (S60vX) has just stagnated.

[ysss]

"let's talk about modern smartphone OS, because that's what's relevant today.... But if you're gonna badmouth Nokia, i will cite the irrelevant candybar OS numbers, because that will still make me feel like a winner and spare me from facing the truth. Because the truth hurts. "

[Texrat]

ammyt, I hope you're not expecting serious responses to those silly options.