December 2, 2008 saw Nokia completing the process of acquiring Symbian. Finnish mogul secured almost 100% of the Symbian shares that it did not already own. It remains unclear who was so stubborn to keep the 0.01% of Symbian shares.

This is a giant step towards the Symbian Foundation - the vision Nokia shares with Motorola, Sony Ericsson, LG, AT&T, Samsung and others. The fact that all shares are consolidated by one capable company will allow Symbian to evolve into a strong Open Source software community and prevent the concept from developing into separate branches.

The first job of Symbian Foundation will be to bring all Symbian sub-types (these are MOAP, Series 60 and UIQ) under one roof and give it a unifying direction.

This will put Android and other Open Source software communities under pressure. More pressure means better quality!

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