Submission + - Volantis Open Sources Mobile Device Web Platform
phasmal writes: Volantis Systems, which is a company involved in building systems that provide the back end plumbing for mobile content delivery, has started the process of open sourcing their core mobile device content delivery platform, which they call Mobility Server (press release, community 'about' page). They've put up a free Mobility Server download already, and are saying they'll fully GPL it by Q1 2008.
The product they're opening, Mobility Server, is a Java based system which basically provides a platform for building web content that lets you write it once, then have it viewed on any (supported) device. They're including their device repository, which provides the rules to map pages to more than 4600 devices, which is just about akin to giving away the family jewels. AFAIK there is nothing open source currently available that lets you do this kind of thing, so this'll hopefully make it much easier now for anyone to build a site and make it available over mobiles/handhelds etc.
It looks like they're intending to build a community around it at community.volantis.com.
Also, The Register has an article on the Volantis open sourcing.
Disclaimer: I've just started working for Volantis (and I'm pretty happy that they're open sourcing stuff :-) )
The product they're opening, Mobility Server, is a Java based system which basically provides a platform for building web content that lets you write it once, then have it viewed on any (supported) device. They're including their device repository, which provides the rules to map pages to more than 4600 devices, which is just about akin to giving away the family jewels. AFAIK there is nothing open source currently available that lets you do this kind of thing, so this'll hopefully make it much easier now for anyone to build a site and make it available over mobiles/handhelds etc.
It looks like they're intending to build a community around it at community.volantis.com.
Also, The Register has an article on the Volantis open sourcing.
Disclaimer: I've just started working for Volantis (and I'm pretty happy that they're open sourcing stuff
