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Software: Facebook’s ‘Walled Garden’ Vision
Dissatisfied with Mac OS and Google’s Android on smartphones, Facebook is investing in the development of a new Operating Systems. The approach would allow Facebook to be a “walled garden” that would allow it total control over all aspects of mobile devices, from the processors, to operating system and the software applications. The project is led by Mark Lucovsky, a co-author of the Windows NT operating system at Microsoft.
Andrew Bosworth, Facebook’s head of hardware, said that “we really want to make sure the next generation has space for us. We don’t think we can trust the marketplace or competitors to ensure that’s the case. And so we’re gonna do it ourselves.”
Ficus Kirkpatrick, manager in the Facebook’s AR and VR group, said that “it’s possible that Facebook’s future hardware won’t need to rely on Google’s software, which would entirely eliminate the control Google has over Facebook’s hardware.”
Seven years ago, Facebook tried to build an operating system that was layered on top of Android, a project called Facebook Home, but the attempt wasn’t well received and was ultimately scrapped.
