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Without Google, Android would never have gotten off the ground. Imagine an alternate history where Google bought QNX instead of Android Inc. back in 2005, do y
by dagw 6y ago
Without Google, Android would never have gotten off the ground.
Imagine an alternate history where Google bought QNX instead of Android Inc. back in 2005, do you think Android would still dominate the Mobile OS market today, or do you think Google QNX would be the dominant mobile OS.
- jacquesm 6y agoWhat with QnX being a much better OS for mobile than Linux it would have been a smart move, but because Android used FOSS as a base rather than to pay a license fee to QnX they stood a better chance of taking off as a relatively small entity. So Linux really did enable Android.
- rjsw 6y agoOr where Google bought Danger Inc. instead of Microsoft and carried on using NetBSD as a mobile OS.
- sergeykish 6y agoWindows Phone.