Android has what linux lacked -- Marketing. Linux didn't have the name of a company like Google associated with it, a name many of us trust (or at least know).

Android has what linux lacked -- Marketing. Linux didn't have the name of a company like Google associated with it, a name many of us trust (or at least know). Linux didn't succeed because there was no PR,no marketing and it was hard to set up. Android will not have to be setup. Also there is the case of compatibilities. Although linux was developed by 1991 but it didn't enter the mainstream market then.Android, on the other hand,is not entering a market which is already dominated by some other incompatible format. So standards can be built and dealt with.