"300 Years: Huawei& #39;s Open Source Strategy"

Huawei open sourced its mobile OS, HarmonyOS, now dubbed OpenHarmony--a BFD that was ignored under the fog of TikTok.

NEW POST explores the tech & thinking behind Huawei& #39;s open source strategy...1/n https://interconnected.blog/300-years-huawei-open-source-strategy/">https://interconnected.blog/300-years...

OpenHarmony traces its lineage to FreeBSD, not Android or Linux. Thus it& #39;s closer to iOS, which also leveraged FreeBSD.

Nice thing about open source is you can verify these things by just rummaging through the code, as I did, on Gitee.
https://openharmony.gitee.com/openharmony/kernel_liteos_a/blob/master/bsd/arm/autoconf.c">https://openharmony.gitee.com/openharmo...

OpenHarmony is the anchor project of the OpenAtom Foundation, a Huawei-led open source foundation--1st of it& #39;s kind in China.

OpenAtom hosts 7 projects, but lacks a tech theme (like Linux F or CNCF) or strong culture (like ASF). Far too young/early to know if it& #39;ll be effective.

The lazy conclusion is to poo poo Huawei& #39;s efforts as a fool’s errand, since many things are working against it:

- secretive ownership
- OpenAtom lacks transparent governance
- just being Chinese

But a couple of things could work in its favor...

1. US credibility deteriorating w/ handling of TikTok; other countries are looking for diff leadership.

2. Apple v Epic (+ now Spotify, Match, etc) could force developers to look elsewhere. Huawei has large install base + access to China& #39;s middle class. https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/24/21453745/spotify-epic-tile-match-coalition-for-app-fairness-apple-app-store-policies-protest">https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/24...

Ultimately, this may be a multi-century (not decades) Game of Go.

Ren Zhengfei famously proclaimed a < 300 years timeline to catch up to iOS & Android. Huawei has $53B cash on hand to weather some very lean years (not incl possible gov& #39;t subsidies)
https://www.ithome.com/0/484/569.htm ">https://www.ithome.com/0/484/569...

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