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" The million dollar question is why would anybody in their right mind do this?" A slice of Android sales revenue... Perhaps as high as US$1 per handset would
by tezza 16y ago
" The million dollar question is why would anybody in their right mind do this?"
A slice of Android sales revenue... Perhaps as high as US$1 per handset would be nice.
- chmike 16y agoIsn't Android free ? The problem is more for mobile phone companies that may now have to pay a license for using it. This will hurt a lot.
- zmmmmm 16y agoIt might not hurt too much if Oracle just asks for money. I don't think it's the "free-as-in-beer" quality that is crucial to Android - it's the freedom for carriers to do what they want with it that matters. They scariest possibility would be if Oracle actually tries to exert some other kind of influence - force their own software or restrictions or branding onto Android (ugh!) - that would really scupper the whole thing. I have no idea if that is possible or not (someone please tell me it is not).
- jcl 16y agoThe Android platform itself is free, but, as I understand it, important software written for the Android platform needs to be licensed by handset makers: the Google Maps app, access to the Android Market, etc.