[wmf]

IMO FirefoxOS wasn't well received partly because it wasn't Android-based. Ultimately I wouldn't try to do a mobile OS without ~$10B in marketing/ecosystem funding.

[richdougherty]

Agreed, it needs to be Android based - the other option would be to implement iOS APIs, but Android would be a lot easier.

An analogy would be if you make a browser, to use standard HTML and HTTP, not try to invent your own thing.