Android is not closed because you don't feel like you have the resources to create your own distro and make it available.
Android is not closed because Google see fit to close security holes in their distro. Android is not closed because Google didn't include your desired feature in their distro. Android is not closed because Dianne and Romain and others represent Google's position on the list. Android is not closed because Google is a for-profit company. and to the guy who basically called me a sycophant, stfu. if you had actually spent more than 1 second reading this thread, you would have noticed that i am saying that Android is open, because you have all you need - free of charge! - to create your own distribution. that's all. note that i specifically did not say that i agree with Google's decisions - although in some cases i can see a rationale for them (which isn't the same thing). btw, *i* wanted to create an app which did something the Google distro didn't allow, and i don't agree with Google's position on why this particular thing is not possible. so we decided to make the change anyway, and partner with a company making its own distro. i can assure you that if you came up with a killer distro, someone would take you up on it and stick it on their hardware or whatever. can you make your own iPhone distro? no. never in a million years. *that* is a closed platform. and, for the record, Linus didn't have any resources either. -- jason.vp.engineering.particle -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
