On Nov 13, 2007 1:42 AM, Guillermo Antonio Amaral Bastidas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Bob La Quey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > It looks like it is getting more real every day. > > > > Google started the 34-member Open Handset Alliance > > to make free software that will help the phones run applications. > > The software is open to any programmer who wants to develop > > features for wireless devices. > > > > Google's operating system, code-named ``Android,'' > > is based on open-source Linux software. Android phones > > will be available by the second half of next year, Google said. > > > > http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=arDjfKY0Y2nA&refer=home > > > > http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/ > > > > This could be really fun. > > > > > > Hi Tio Bob, > > I have to admit I have gotten tired of Google, little things over > the years, evil here, evil there... China... comments like > the following. > > ,-----[ Google rejects GPL in new gPhone alliance ] > | REF: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=4a28 > | > | Why did you pick the Apache v2 open source license? > | Apache is a commercial-friendly open-source license. The Apache license > | allows manufacturers and mobile operators to innovate using the > | platform without the requirement to contribute those innovations back > | to the open-source community. Because these innovations and > | differentiated features can be kept proprietary, manufacturers and > | mobile operators are protected from the "viral infection" problem often > | associated with other licenses. > `------------------------------------------------ > > "Google-ing" Bhaa! Any company with a crazy fluke stock like Google's > has to be evil. > > -- > Guillermo Antonio Amaral Bastidas (gamaral)
So do you expect Google to go away because Guillermo Antonio Amaral Bastidas ignores them? How do you define evil? As success? Or? Of course we could point at Microsoft. Is Google the next Microsoft or is it worse? Heaven forbid, Google could be even slightly better. What do you, gamaral, offer as an alternative? Criticism is easy; providing a way forward difficult. How do you propose we move forward? I am eager to hear a viable alternative. BobLQ -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
