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by credo 16y ago
From http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/06/leaked-android-30-details-hint-at-tablet-potential.ars http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/06/leaked-andro...
It's puzzling, and disconcerting, that developers and Android enthusiasts are forced to rely on leaks and rumors in order to piece together the development roadmap of a platform that is supposedly "open."
- jonursenbach 16y agoWe've long known that Android isn't /fully/ open by the fact that Google doesn't release the code until they're satisfied with it. We could have hacking on Froyo months ago. The tradeoff though is that of every mobile operating system, Android is the most "open".
- davidw 16y agoYeah, it's "open source" in terms of the licensing, but it's not a true "open source project" where some animals are not more equal than others, where nearly everything is out in the open, and so on. That said, I'm pretty happy with it - I'll take "open source" + some closed development any day over Apple or an RMS-pure project that, however, has no traction in terms of an installed base.