My comment was more pointed at the Android apps, not ANDROID or Chrome OS. I do not see how Google could stop Chrome OS from being FOSS if it is based on Ubuntu. If they are going Change the Chrome OS license, I would think they wouldl have to take the Linux out of it.
"THe comparison of Apple to Microsoft is Apples to Lemons on all technology fronts." Yes, but the comparison between Apple and M$ on the licensing front is totally different and worth noting. "Are they going to make Android open source? " I thought the source code was available under the Apache Lic. That is not the better GPL lic, but it is better then M$ and Apple. Android uses Linux for core system services such as security, memory management, process management, network stack, and driver model. The kernel also acts as an abstraction layer between the hardware and the rest of the software stack. This is a better situation then say the Iphone because it make the hardware more hackable. If Google make Android to hard to hack, I suspect people will try to replace android with something else. The Android phones are already using Linux, I bet it will be easier replacing some of Androids functionality then trying to replace any software on an IPhone. Chris... On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 6:15 AM, Adam Flaig <[email protected]> wrote: > Here are a couple of interesting articles... > Censorship at its best.... > http://phandroid.com/2010/06/29/att-we-block-non-market-apps-to-keep-developers-in-check/ > and... > Potential Abuse of power????? > http://phandroid.com/2010/06/24/google-can-remotely-remove-apps-from-your-phone/ > taking your point further. What about the google tablet that is starting to > or about to come out? Is it going to come out with ANDROID or Chrome OS. > Chrome OS s at least based upon Ubuntu. Are they going to keep Chrome OS > open source? Are they going to make Android open source? Probably not. It > will be interesting having another major OS player in the market. > THe comparison of Apple to Microsoft is Apples to Lemons on all technology > fronts. Where will google fit? > Thoughts???? > > > Adam Flaig > "Its never too late to become what you might have been" > > > On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 6:55 AM, Chris Penn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> "SMobile analyzed metadata from almost 49,000 Android Market apps -- >> roughly 68 percent of all the apps available for download from the >> online store. >> >> More than 34,600 apps analyzed tried to get permission to open network >> sockets by tapping the "Internet" service, SMobile found. >> >> Another 12,000 apps analyzed requested permission to tap data from the >> "Access_Coarse_Location" service. This lets an app access the user's >> cellphone ID or WiFi location." >> >> Ref: >> http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/products/70278.html?wlc=1277981251 >> >> I wonder how this compares to the IPhone. >> >> I cannot say for sure because I do not own an Android phone but my >> guess is that these apps are not (GPLv) Open Source. >> >> Chris... >> >> >> >> -- >> "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to >> be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." >> -Roger Penrose >> _______________________________________________ >> LinuxUsers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
