Re: [The Java Posse] Android Openness Withering

2011-03-31 Thread Moandji Ezana
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_15/b4223041200216.htm This article seems more nuanced and better supported: "The bottom line: Despite grumblings, Google's Android mobile operating system is still open—it's just getting more heavily policed." Moandji On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 9:48

Re: [The Java Posse] Android Openness Withering

2011-03-25 Thread Cédric Beust ♔
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 8:32 PM, mP wrote: > I think the behind the words message is concern about some carriers getting > preview releases before the public repo. > It's always been like that. -- Cédric -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java

Re: [The Java Posse] Android Openness Withering

2011-03-25 Thread mP
I think the behind the words message is concern about some carriers getting preview releases before the public repo. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com. To unsubscri

Re: [The Java Posse] Android Openness Withering

2011-03-25 Thread Cédric Beust ♔
Whatever. Google has never released the source of Android before they thought it was ready. It was so for Cupcake, Donut, Eclair and Froyo. Honeycomb is no different. Traffic bait. -- Cédric On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Chris Koerner wrote: > When Android was first announced, Google's

[The Java Posse] Android Openness Withering

2011-03-25 Thread Chris Koerner
When Android was first announced, Google's evangelists touted it as an open ecosystem that would enable innovation—a hardware and software reaffirmation of the Carterfone decision. They