This ZDNet paper explains why Linux crashes the mobile party:

Wyatt said that unlike traditional standards efforts, the new foundation will establish a common software platform that all participating manufacturers will be able to use.

"We're developing a complete platform," she said. "So instead of everyone developing products based on a published specification or standard, we'll be innovating and developing a whole platform with our peers."

SO in my opinion, Linux crashes the mobile non-sense. Collaboration is always a better approach isn't it? I understand that this will not be an open source software approach since only members of the foundation will be able to use the code. Maybe. Let's see how they design the foundation. 

Tags: Linux+mobile, phones, forum