lbcoder wrote: > Well, the only thing that distinguishes android from any other linux > distribution IS the user experience
Um, no. http://source.android.com There's quite a bit in there that has nothing to do with the user experience in any direct fashion. > and it can be the only thing that distinguishes chromeos from android No, it's not. There is a wee bit more to an operating system than the pretty pixels you see on screen. More importantly, there is a wee bit more to an operating system than the stuff that by default two Linux-based platforms will share. Things like multimedia playback, 3D graphics, security frameworks, and the like will be needed by both products. Those are things that Android can always use more help with, and if Google Chrome OS is building their own implementation of each, that represents wasted opportunity, IMHO. It's all a question of where the two branch off. If their only shared basis is a kernel, and Google Chrome OS rebuilds a bunch of stuff that Android has (or builds a bunch of stuff Android needs but cannot practically reuse), that sucks, because we could get more bang for our engineering buck. The further up the stack the two projects can share, the better. I just didn't get a good vibe from that announcement that there will be much sharing going on. I hope I'm wrong. And, of course, none of this technical stuff covers the confusion this might raise in the consumer electronics space -- do firms back Android or wait-and-see on Chrome OS? -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Need Android talent? Ask on HADO! http://wiki.andmob.org/hado --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
