For years, CyanogenMod has been a popular alternative for users running Android, and now Microsoft have invested heavily in startups. Microsoft invested $ 70 million in Cyanogen , leaving the minority shareholder, reports the Wall Street Journal.
Microsof already spends a lot of money to Android with complex license fees, so it's probably a new drop in cash flow of the firm. But rather than wasting this money, the idea is apparently to avoid Google's monopoly on the market, and provide Cyanogen all means to succeed in this mission.
See also : But you're suspicious Google: Cyanogen wants to take control of Android
Take over
This desire for Microsoft to invest result certainly Google's insistence that smartphone manufacturers must include Google applications, and use the search engine the default company. In other words, Microsoft, and others do not have the ability to have their own native applications available on Android devices.
The customized version of Android Cyanogen, which claims to have thousands of volunteers working on it, evades the issue and many others, making it a popular choice among some users and businesses.
Cyanogen OS is based on the Android source code that Google released to the public, and smartphones come with Cyanogen OS currently come with certification from Google, allowing them to run the Google Play Store and other applications and services from the search giant such Google Maps, YouTube or Gmail.
It is interesting to note that there is a difference between OS and Cyanogen CyanogenMod. This is an operating developed the open source community system, while Cyanogen OS is a commercial version of the operating system, maintained by a company founded by some of the leading developers of CyanogenMod. It is in this company that Microsoft has invested, not in the community project.
Yet it's still weird that Microsoft invests a competitor while the firm has its own mobile operating system - Windows Phone.
But Cyanogen now working on partnerships with manufacturers to ensure that they are using a customized version of Android installed by default on their devices, instead of the version of Google. It is obvious that Microsoft wants to enjoy.
Microsof already spends a lot of money to Android with complex license fees, so it's probably a new drop in cash flow of the firm. But rather than wasting this money, the idea is apparently to avoid Google's monopoly on the market, and provide Cyanogen all means to succeed in this mission.
See also : But you're suspicious Google: Cyanogen wants to take control of Android
Take over
This desire for Microsoft to invest result certainly Google's insistence that smartphone manufacturers must include Google applications, and use the search engine the default company. In other words, Microsoft, and others do not have the ability to have their own native applications available on Android devices.
Cyanogen OS is based on the Android source code that Google released to the public, and smartphones come with Cyanogen OS currently come with certification from Google, allowing them to run the Google Play Store and other applications and services from the search giant such Google Maps, YouTube or Gmail.
It is interesting to note that there is a difference between OS and Cyanogen CyanogenMod. This is an operating developed the open source community system, while Cyanogen OS is a commercial version of the operating system, maintained by a company founded by some of the leading developers of CyanogenMod. It is in this company that Microsoft has invested, not in the community project.
Yet it's still weird that Microsoft invests a competitor while the firm has its own mobile operating system - Windows Phone.
But Cyanogen now working on partnerships with manufacturers to ensure that they are using a customized version of Android installed by default on their devices, instead of the version of Google. It is obvious that Microsoft wants to enjoy.