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Forbes interviews Morgan Gillis, executive director of the LiMo Foundation, about the Symbian announcement, the merger with LiPS, and competition with Android. "The traditional point of difference--royalty rates--has dissolved for now, but other points of difference will emerge between the platforms. While both are open-source, LiMo uses the Linux kernel, which is the jewel in the crown of the open-source development world. There's deep familiarity there with our technology. The Symbian kernel has grown up as a proprietary item. The open-source community needs time to get familiar with that technology."