On Sat, Jun 04, 2011 at 04:18:43PM -0700, Thaths wrote: > I recall that, way back in the mists of silklist, you were advocating > Openmoko or some such alternative for running Linux on phones. Does > this (your getting Android phones and devices) mean you think there > aren't any other decent Linuxen for phones?
OpenMoko failed. Android is not very open, though there is always alternative (Cyanogenmod) firmware, but it does have sufficient momentum and choice of hardware it's embodied in to make it useful. As an opportunist, I pick the most tasty poison mix.
