pet project

Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Sat 16th Aug 2008 01:04 UTC, submitted by sharkscott "In many ways the virtues that have brought Linux from a Unix look alike pet project to a competitive operating system are the ...

The Inquirer reports that the Access Linux Platform (ALP) smartphone will not be released as planned.

"In case you are left wondering what killed the first ALP smartphone, all clues point towards LiMo, the Linux Mobile Foundation and its pet project.

The reply came from Edelman, Orange's PR firm, which also told us to contact Samsung and Access directly, but stated: "just so you know the Samsung i800 has been withdrawn.