Independent IT and telecom expert Vadim Plesskiy believes that the prospects for Russian mobile OS are questionable, primarily due to the high labor intensity and high cost of developing applications: "Considering the small size of the potential (Russian) market and the low solvency of the mass consumer, the tools used for development must be standard: the developer of a new OS must adapt the application development process to the processes and tools that lithuania whatsapp number database are already used to develop applications for iOS and Android. Popular cross-platform solutions that provide such an approach are React Native and Dart/Flutter. If they are implemented, then mobile applications can be quickly developed by existing developers for Android or iOS. Unfortunately, Russian OS developers have not yet provided support for these toolkits. Until support is implemented, we should not expect a large number of applications for the Russian OS. Development will be custom-made - for example, we may see some application for Rostec or defense industry enterprises - and have a high cost."
with the Aurora OS is a direct consequence of the complexity of development for it: "The situation with the Aurora OS is indicative. The platform has good technical potential, but it is not realized. Devices with the Aurora OS - tablets were produced for a specific project. Support for React Native and Flutter is not implemented, developers are offered to use the QT library and the C++ language, as a result, developing applications for this platform costs, all other things being equal, three times more than for Android or iOS."
Open Mobile Platform LLC, the developer of the Aurora OS, ignored ComNews' request.
PR Director of New Cloud Technologies LLC Alexander Popov believes that much also depends on the efforts of application software developers: "MyOffice products are based on a modern cross-platform core, which allows us to quickly adapt our products to any modern operating systems. We initially incorporated the principle of cross-platformity into the products so that the user could work on any device, any operating system in a single interface. Applications for Russian mobile OS are no exception."
KasperskyOS for Mobile became the fourth Russian mobile platform after OS "Aurora" (developed by OOO "Open Mobile Platform"), "Mobile Astra" (GC "Astra") and "ROSA Mobile" from OOO "NTs IT ROSA". As Viktor Ivanovsky noted, KasperskyOS for Mobile devices will also be offered in foreign markets, primarily Asian ones. However, he made a reservation that the functionality of devices for domestic and foreign markets will differ.
"It is always good for the market when there is competition, that is, more than one player," noted the press service of NTC IT ROSA. "Cartel agreements, when different suppliers tacitly divide the market among themselves, are prohibited in Russia, and the FAS is responsible for identifying them. Of course, we are for free competition in the market."
The press service of the Astra Group of Companies believes that the division of the market narrows the areas of application of software platforms, which negatively affects their development: "OC Astra Linux is used in government and commercial organizations, state corporations and concerns, industrial enterprises and critical infrastructure facilities. These are much broader areas of application - in fact, we are talking about the B2B and B2G segments as a whole. This also applies to the use of OC Astra Linux in mobile mode. In our opinion, it would be a mistake to narrow these areas. Therefore, we believe that the most optimal path for the development of both mobile and desktop and server OS is competition of solutions, where the strongest one, which customers prefer, wins."
"The Russian market does not need excessive segmentation of the mobile OS market. As is well known, seven nannies leave the child unattended. It would be much more useful for the market and consumers if the main players and stakeholders - Rostelecom with the Aurora OS, Kaspersky Lab, Astra Group, Basalt SPO, NTC IT ROSA, Yandex, Sberbank, VTB and other large banks sat down together and agreed on what kind of mobile system the Russian market needs, and developed it together," says Vadim Plesskiy. "Moreover, the development should be carried out according to the Open Source model - only such an approach will avoid monopolization of the market by any one company and will create an incentive for use on a scale of the entire Russian IT industry."
According to the expert, the unavailability of devices
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