Clearly for better. Most of the Google projects I've come across over the years are close to the throw-it-over-the-wall end of open source development, as oppos

Clearly for better. Most of the Google projects I've come across over the years are close to the throw-it-over-the-wall end of open source development, as opposed to Red Hat which seems to me to mostly let individuals participate. Their CEO has written a management book (or perhaps anti-management) which explains their take on these things in some detail. I'm pretty sure that if Red Hat had been running Android, it wouldn't be a big fork.