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Why Google's Android delays don't matter
- demallien 18y agoDoes anyone else feel like the author hasn't really grasped the problem that the delays have revealed? That problem is that the delays are being caused by customisations being done for different clients. And if you are doing customisations for different clients, you no longer have a uniform platform, leading to a fracturing of the market for developers. Basically, Android is being delayed to reduce it's usefulness to developers and to end-users. Google should have stuck to their guns, at least for the first release. That said, I don't think Googles intention with Android was to create their own platform. I think the strategy was basically to make it easier for operators/manufacturers to create a smartphone that didn't suck, which would in turn make Google's core products more easily accessible from mobile platforms. I guess we will have to wait and see if this strategy is successful or not.