Mobile OS: The Final Frontier

Yesterday Canonical, the company who distributes the Ubuntu operating system, announced that it would make a version of its operating system that would allow an Android phone to function as a desktop when plugged into a special dock that hooks it up into a monitor, keyboard, and a mouse.  This has big implications for the personal computing industry because companies have long sought to merge the mobile and PC markets.  For example, in September Microsoft will release its Windows 8 operating system which aims to make an operating system that again bridges the mobile and PC divide.  It is clear that this is the new frontier of computing, and that the first company to take advantage of this revolution will be able to grab a large amount to the PC industry.  Ubuntu seems to be perfectly poised to dominate the market in the future.  It first debuted its mobile operating system interface in its release in April of 2011.  Because Ubuntu has been able to test and debug this interface, as well as the fact that Ubuntu is an open source operating system, makes it a serious contender for Microsoft to deal with.  It will be seen with the release of Windows 8 whether Microsoft, a late comer in this race, can keep up.

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