Here at the Symbian Foundation we are of the opinion that the mobile industry offers enormous opportunities and challenges—and that the best way to take advantage of the opportunity is to bring as many resources as possible, working together, to build the platforms and applications of the future. That's why Symbian is open source—to involve more people, more creativity and in the end, create more opportunity for all.
More people, more opportunities addressed
The number of smart and capable people outside an organisation will always far exceed the number on the inside
Those outside of an organisation will have diverse and informed perspectives on what Symbian software might be used for
Freely available standard programming interfaces are an important first step to involving more people - but they only go so far
Freely available source code, that is open to modification and experiment, enables deeper and more substantial collaboration: collaboration in the evolution and refinement of the underlying software platform, rather than only on the edges of the platform.
The Symbian platform has a unique legacy
After more than a decade of real-world experience, Symbian has acquired battle-hardened skills in:
Roadmap design and execution
Managing software interfaces, platform compatibility, and rapid integration
Dealing simultaneously with disparate, powerful customers with divergent interests
Mixing agile and modular development with overall architectural integrity
Overnight builds, codeline management, and quality gate-keeping
The Symbian platform is a robust, cohesive, well proven, high-performance software system, whose scope covers the complete needs of mobile developers - from the metal, via extensive middleware, to applications and UIs. This stable base is an excellent starting point for further improvement.
source http://www.symbian.org/symbian-feature-set/going-open-source
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