Android may not be as fully open as many FOSS fans would like it to be, but the fact remains that it's essentially the poster child for Linux's success in the mobile world. So it was with some dismay we looked on at the impromptu battle that sprang up recently between Google and Acer over Alibaba's Aliyun OS.
While Marissa Mayer is busy trying to figure out what to do with Yahoo’s new $4.5 billion in cash — recently gained from selling 20 percent of its holdings in Alibaba back to, well, Alibaba — the Chinese web and eCommerce giant has recently been in a heated exchange with Yahoo’s old pal, Google.
The fun apparently began after Taiwanese PC maker Acer cancelled the launch of
Chinese web and eCommerce giant Alibaba will spin off the team developing Aliyun, its first mobile OS, Reuters is reporting.
This is the OS that Google claims is an inappropriate fork of Android (a fork too far?).
Jack Ma, who has been CEO of Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba for the past 14 years (since it was founded in 1999), will step down on May 10 2013 but remain as company chairman — focusing on Alibaba’s strategic vision, talent development to grow the internal leadership team, and corporate social responsibility efforts.
Google has stopped Acer from using Alibaba's Aliyun OS for its phones, and threatens to stop Android support for Acer if it goes ahead with Aliyun.
Just when you thought you understood the smartphone mobile operating system market the rules may be set to change. As channel partners sort out Apple iOS 6, Google Android and Windows Phone 8 opportunities, along comes Aliyun, a Linux-based mobile operating system from Alibaba Group Holding. True believers include Acer, which will sell smartphones running Aliyun.
La diatriba tra Google e Acer di cui avevamo parlato tempo fa, riguardo Android, torna a far discutere di se per l’arrivo di alcune novità da parte di Google che continua ad accusare (giustamente) Acer di aver violato l’accordo che gli impedisce di vedere device con versioni di Android che non attribuiscono i diritti a Google, tuttavia adesso si è scoperto il vero motivo della mossa di
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group is embarking on a major reorganization of its business structure that will divide the company into 25 different units, each led by a general manager, said CEO Jack Ma in a company-wide email published by Sina News (link via Google Translate, h/t 36Kr).
Yahoo may have finally reached a deal this past September to sell a 40% stake in China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba for $7.6 billion, but with a 23% stake left in Alibaba, it’s not out of there altogether yet. Today, Alibaba announced that Jacqueline Reses, EVP of people and development at Yahoo, is the latest Yahoo to join Alibaba Group’s board of directors.
Third time lucky?
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