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Skyhook Wireless v. Google Case Yields E-Mail Insight

• credo 16y ago
  from the article Android phones must adhere to a "compatibility" standard determined by Google. In an e-mail on Aug. 6, 2010, Dan Morrill, a manager in the Android group, noted in passing that it was obvious to the phone makers that "we are using compatibility as a club to make them do things we want." Whether that club is an anticompetitive weapon is an issue in the court case.
  • yanw 16y ago
    The 'times are making it all sound more nefarious that it should be, and Skyhook's case is actually hanging by a thread. Apple, RIM, Nokia, everyone without an open source OS use their own location db why shouldn't Google? Using a compatibility sticker to actually insure compatibility is valid and since the option of introducing a non-compatible handset exists that only bodes well for Google in this suite.
• achille 16y ago
  Can someone provide a link to the emails mentioned in the article. I don't understand why NyTimes can get away with reporting on the documents and not linking to them. They obviously possess a copy.