Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> The Linux promise
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| When you think ?iPhone?, you may just soon find yourself thinking ?lock-in?
>| with every feature, as a customer of Apple?s phone, services, and partners.
>| Fortunately, hope springs eternal. Increasingly, all other handset
>| manufacturers are coming together and embracing Linux as their platform.
>| Linux fundamentally promises ?freedom? and ?openness?, enabling you to
>| unshackle yourself from vendors who wish to tie you in with their hardware,
>| software and services. Linux also spoils you for choice: You get access to a
>| much larger base of software that is being developed or ported to mobiles.
> `----
>
> http://www.livemint.com/2008/06/17232359/The-Linux-promise.html
It's incredibly encouraging to see the recognition of the "lock-in"
issues to be, now, so widespread. From Neelie Kroes to freedom
advocates, we see recognition of this issue. It shows, amongst other
things, that if you speak the truth enough, in the end, it will
overshadow the marketing, no matter how well funded such might be.
>
> Google exec: Tight creative loop critical for Web products
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Android, the open source Linux-based mobile platform, the development of
>| which is under the jurisdiction of the Google-led Open Handset Alliance, will
>| ensure its competitive advantage by employing "Internet style innovation,"
>| said Andy Rubin, senior director, mobile platforms, Google.
> `----
>
> http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/061708-google-exec-tight-creative-loop.html
>
I very much hope that google fully open the whole stack.
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