On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 00:34, Rob Echlin wrote:
> Not Linux?
I think what you are asking here is "Android is not Linux?" And
technically it's not. Linux is a kernel. Android is a platform.
I cannot possibly dispute that Android is based on Linux -- it is.
Every Android device out there uses a
Not Linux?
- It's the linux kernel (yes, it's a fork of it, but it is the linux kernel)
- isn't it using the Gnu utilities?
- The drivers are proprietary, but that's true of lots of Linux-based devices.
Are they not Linux either?
The interface is different, but then KDE, or Gnome or XFCE, or Un
On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 15:40, Paul B wrote:
> Cute. I like the quote, but isn't Android as open source as OSx (I've heard
> it said over and over that Apple somehow got away with closing their BSD
> fork)?
BSD license does not prevent closing of a fork. This is why we like
the GPL. :-)
And wh
> From: Paul B
> Date: 4 July, 2011 11:37:07 AM EDT
> To: "Robert P. J. Day"
> Subject: Re: [OCLUG-Tech] a sign of the apocalypse
>
>
> On 2011-07-01, at 7:21 AM, "Robert P. J. Day" wrote:
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>> http://i.imgur.com/iYnGb.png
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>> rday
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> Cute. I like the quote, but isn't Android
