Cyanogen Ditching Cyanogen OS In Favor Of Cyanogen Now

[DroidModderX]

All those years ago then CEO Kirt McMaster proclaimed that Cyanogen would be placing a bullet in the head of Google implying that their new OS product would one day be a worthy replacement for Google's Android which Cyanogen itself is built on. Cyanogen won't be killing Google anytime soon after all. They just announced that they will be ditching Cyanogen OS all together in favor of Cyanogen Now.

Cyanogen has been working on their stand alone apps for a while in an attempt to remove as many Google products and services from their OS as possible. They will now be transitioning to a modular approach with Google Now. Not only will this significant change occur, but McMaster will also be handing over the reigns to a new CEO. Lior Tal will take on the challenge of growing the business and increasing the efficiency at which they scale.

As some of you may be aware I have moved to a new role... Executive Chairman.

Lior is now the CEO.

Some history... last Oct/Nov it became clear to me the "full stack" model was not working... although we shipped millions of devices with Cyanogen OS we were not scaling fast enough nor in an efficient manner. We should all be proud of these achievements and the devices shipped... but in startup world even good work may not be good enough to win. I realized at this time we needed not only a product strategy that was more modular but also someone that saw growth as a 100M+ challenge not a 10M+ challenge. I started to look for someone that could be a force multiplier for this growth to join. Lior and I first met in December of last year... and over the months that followed I managed to court him into joining the company.

Lior joined... worked side by side with myself and the rest of the leadership team through what was a very painful RIF and a pivot to a modular approach... Cyanogen Now... which we believe can enable the scale required for success. Myself and the board have been impressed by Lior's calm, perseverance and solution oriented drive during this transition. We felt it was time for a change. After 4 yrs at the helm... for better or worse... the company survives.... with an incredibly strong balance sheet and a product strategy that can bring us scale. I am personally very excited to hand over the reigns to someone I have grown to respect as both a friend and colleague.

Join me in congratulating Lior as the new CEO of Cyanogen Inc... it is well deserved!

So... what the hell is an Executive Chairman? I will still be very active with the company... working on product strategy, recruiting and working with strategic partners as we evolve and grow our business... however my role will be 80% external facing VS internal.

I hope you are all as eager for the next chapter as am I. I want to thank everyone in the company for your patience and perseverance... the last few months have been hard on all of us... our best work is ahead of us.

via AndroidPolice

 

[kinfolk248]

Lol hand it over and let the business grow aka I'm done crowd sourcing so I'm gonna disappear with millions lol.

Anyone who thought cyan could take down Google was as delusional as Kirk. Hey I'm gonna destroy GM and take their spot in the auto market! Oh yeah how are you gonna do that what engine are you going to use? Hmmm Let's go with the LS6 and the T56 trans. Lol lol