@Casper :) "open stuff "
again that's my point, they only open stuff up so developers with code for them because they know that this will grow Android. Google if a business and they are cut throat, they want Android to grow so they can make MONEY and that's all. Do you think if Google sold Android to the end user for $99 per install if would be growing this big - no. Do get me wrong I like Google products but I just know whats its all about - its a PLAY The real open source companies are companies that give away important code like Facebook with *Apache Cassandra <http://cassandra.apache.org/>* and Twitter http://twitter.com/about/opensource On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 12:55 AM, Casper Bang <casper.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I only said fanboi (with my silly hat on) because it was you said Google > > made no money from Android when we all know that they make the money from > > ads and so on as has been discussed > > Yeah they have alternative/indirect motives based on their existing > portfolio of revenue streams, but unlike JME og Windows, they do not > charge a license fee directly from the next tier. This is why we can > expect to see $100 phones and $200 tablets in the future. > > My issue is with your broad sweeping of "they", as with Microsoft and > any other corporation with 20K+ employees, there are "evil" and "good" > intentions going on depending on which water cooler you're around. The > definition of good vs. evil depends on your own context and whether > "good" is still going to give you and your family food on the table. > That's what Sun struggled with and it's what Novell is currently > struggling with. I still however find it less destructive to go the > marketing route and pursue ad revenues than go the lawyer route and > pursue ideas, which is all a patent really is. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.