Google could rewrite the android license agreement, but that would make the platform less appealing. HTC would stay in the game but it's questionable whether th

Google could rewrite the android license agreement, but that would make the platform less appealing. HTC would stay in the game but it's questionable whether the slackers like Sony Ericsson would. The awful truth about Android is that while Apple and Google know software, none of the people Google is partnering with, handset makers or telecoms, do. None of them understand what it takes to make high-quality, defect free software, or what 3rd party developers need from a platform, or what end-users expect from software. I can tell you that having sold to and consulted for them, and having family members who've worked for them, the telecoms are particularly clueless about these things. Hence we have them selling new smartphone with Android 1.5, in spite of the damage this does to the android development world.