Here are the way in which it isn't open: 1. My Phone manufacturer has provided their user interface, I cannot turn it off 2. I cannot install another version of the operating system without voiding my warranty. 3. My phone company has installed their own applications that I cannot uninstall or disable.
My point being is that Open isn't really a selling point for the general public, the fact that *I* can write an app in Scala doesn't make up for the fact my mother can't uninstall that stupid application that only works on 3G that my telco thinks I need. Recently, I believe some VLC variant was pulled from the Apple store because Apples TOC violates the GPL. Which brings the irony of a product so open and available that it's unavailable to a massive percentage of the population on the basis that it's need to be open and available excludes it from being available. Meh, its a phone operating system, not a cause. I'm taking my jailbroken android phone and making a donation to Amnesty International on the basis its the only kind of Open and Free I should be worrying about :) -- 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.
