On 14th of December, HBS session had been done successfully for my section which is Section 01 and Section 02. My HBS topic is about Symbian. Symbian is an operating system widely used in cell phone. Nokia is one of the user of Symbian OS.
From this session, I learned that rivals can be a good thing and a healthy competition. For instance, eventhough Windows did not have any idea on mobile phones, they use their advantages of money and large network to set a new operating system that works for mobile phone. As for Apple, they protect both their hardware and software and they provide a very user friendly OS. BlackBerry (RIMM), promoted the usage of e-mail through mobile phones. Android's OS are useful for developer as their and they provide free SDK for developer who is interested.
The rise of Symbian have opened eyes for other companies to develop their own OS. This situation gave good influence to both developer and user. As they try to develop a greater OS, the user get even more choice to pick. From my opinion, this rivalry is a necessity to develop a high end product.