This article seems to echo this discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2283636 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2283636. I still find it difficult t

This article seems to echo this discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2283636 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2283636. I still find it difficult to understand the business motivation behind Android; in this case, it seems suicidal. All the work that Google has put into making Android an opening for search (specifically, Google search) might go to waste if other companies start tinkering with Android for their own purposes.