The bravado by Huawei that is on display today is kind of surprising. I say that because via a report from CNBC, Huawei’s mobile business chief executive Richard Yu said this:
“Today, Huawei, we are still committed to Microsoft Windows and Google Android. But if we cannot use that, Huawei will prepare the plan B to use our own OS,” Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei’s consumer business, told CNBC on Thursday.”
And:
“We don’t want to do this but we will forced to do that because of the U.S. government. I think the U.S., this kind of thing, will also not only be bad news for us, but also bad news for the U.S. companies because we support the U.S. business, so we will be forced to do this on our own,” Yu said. “We don’t want to do this but we have no other solution, no other choice.”
Here’s the problem with this statement. Actually problems:
- Microsoft has tried and failed gain any marketshare with any of their mobile OSes that they’ve released over the years. Such as Windows Phone, Windows, Mobile, and Windows CE.
- Nokia went up in flames trying to get people to pay attention their Symbian OS.
- Even Samsung couldn’t get anyone to care about Tizen. Now it runs smart TVs. Not that anyone cares.
The fact is that we live in a world where you’re on Team Android or Team iOS if you have a smartphone. Not to mention that most desktops and laptops run Windows with some Macs and Linux boxes tossed in the mix for fun. And whatever Huawei has as a “plan b” would have to be incredibly compelling to get people to switch away from any of those. The thing is, it could be the best OS in the history of the universe and people won’t switch. This is assuming that it even exists of course. Thus I think this is really posturing and bravado rather than a legitimate path forward for the troubled company.
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Huawei Could Serve Up Their Own OS To Replace Android This Year
The bravado by Huawei that is on display today is kind of surprising. I say that because via a report from CNBC, Huawei’s mobile business chief executive Richard Yu said this:
“Today, Huawei, we are still committed to Microsoft Windows and Google Android. But if we cannot use that, Huawei will prepare the plan B to use our own OS,” Richard Yu, CEO of Huawei’s consumer business, told CNBC on Thursday.”
And:
“We don’t want to do this but we will forced to do that because of the U.S. government. I think the U.S., this kind of thing, will also not only be bad news for us, but also bad news for the U.S. companies because we support the U.S. business, so we will be forced to do this on our own,” Yu said. “We don’t want to do this but we have no other solution, no other choice.”
Here’s the problem with this statement. Actually problems:
The fact is that we live in a world where you’re on Team Android or Team iOS if you have a smartphone. Not to mention that most desktops and laptops run Windows with some Macs and Linux boxes tossed in the mix for fun. And whatever Huawei has as a “plan b” would have to be incredibly compelling to get people to switch away from any of those. The thing is, it could be the best OS in the history of the universe and people won’t switch. This is assuming that it even exists of course. Thus I think this is really posturing and bravado rather than a legitimate path forward for the troubled company.
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