Ubuntu if Canonical can expand rapidly achieves its goal of incorporating it into smartphones, tablets and televisions. At the moment the company is working with hardware manufacturers to integrate, that seem very interested.

Ubuntu, the Linux-based operating system developed by Canonical, will tablets, smartphones, computers and TV. The company, working with hardware manufacturers, has given no date, but it has stated that this strategy aims to expand experience beyond the desktop Ubuntu from 2014, the first products to appear “in the next 18 months.” hardware manufacturers to get the SDK will facilitate the development, while members can itemize these references to hardware developers can better work. Canonical claims to have received good feedback from hardware companies, some of which have expressed their feeling that the industry needs an alternative to those offered by Google, Apple and Microsoft. “Manufacturers can feel empty. Many of them have no confidence in the future. They know that in a world limited to hardware, are in a desperate situation, “said Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, comparing the current situation on the ground of smartphones and tablets with what happened in the early IBM PC. The risk is that the three major platform manufacturers to control the flow of benefits arising out of services, leaving the hardware manufacturers with just a small margin. Use a third-party software as a provoke Canonical equitable partnerships, something that many manufacturers are willing, according to his vision. Currently, Ubuntu has 20 million users. A number that has the potential to multiply to extend to devices that are not computers, according to Shuttleworth. In addition, Canonical should also attract developers. To do this, build on its existing ecosystem and build your SDK. “The applications are largely driving the platform, and we have a rich ecosystem for developers. But we also recognize that we need to improve our game,” said Peter Goodall, program director in the product strategy group at Canonical. The company already has a web developer and API documentation, while the portal MyApps adjusts the software developers who want to upload applications to your nearest software to be more commercial, according to the explanations of this person.

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