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During this week’s proceedings surrounding Oracle’s lawsuit against Google over use of Java code in Android, Larry Page made a very curious remark: he sa
by zalew 15y ago
During this week’s proceedings surrounding Oracle’s lawsuit against Google over use of Java code in Android, Larry Page made a very curious remark: he said he wasn’t sure that Android was a critical asset to Google and saw it as mainly a vehicle to get Google products to run on mobile devices. This was an odd bit of signaling as it seemed to imply that support for Android as a platform is far from guaranteed.
no it wasn't. it's context is from a few years ago. hint: "was"
if I develop for Android today, what kind of guarantees do I have that the OS will still be supported tomorrow.
this kind http://cdn1.sbnation.com/entry_photo_images/3736479/Slide_57_gallery_post.png http://cdn1.sbnation.com/entry_photo_images/3736479/Slide_57...
- tristan_louis 15y agoA similar chart could have been produced a few years ago about RIM. If I were to substitute RIM for Android and Android for WP and write the article in 2007, what would you be saying?