@TwelveBaud said in Enlightened:
– Company love controlBecause that's a good reason to select a UI package! </sarc>
I suspect that's the actual reason Samsung chose EFL. Everything else (the supposed memory usage benefits etc) is just a distraction. The company loves the idea that they have complete creative control over the project, and the fact they didn't even have to pay that much to get it (compared to -say- buying Trolltech aka the QT company). It's how most hardware manufacturers think: Acquire it and we'll iterate over it! Especially Samsung, which started off their electronics division by acquiring a black-and-white TV set manufacturer. Too bad this approach doesn't work for software where bad designs tend to stick (and changing them requires a complete redesign and lots of effort).
Anyway, it seems Tizen is here to stay. It's still found in Samsung TVs and apparently it's going in Automotive Grade Linux (so, EFL is now "automotive grade"? Okay...), so I hope EFL has gotten a bit better since this WTF was posted.