I completely disagree with the article author's premise that Google must "regain control" of Android. The whole idea (according to the author) is that the stra

I completely disagree with the article author's premise that Google must "regain control" of Android. The whole idea (according to the author) is that the strategy of open-sourcing Android would serve as a platform for offering other Google services around all these other devices in an effort to compete with Apple. I doubt that was Google's plan, but if it was, what a phenomenally bad plan. My favorite statement: "Google could take full control of Android, by not releasing future versions to open source and changing licensing terms." Yeah, that would be a great way to compete with iOS -- by restricting access to future versions of the software? What nonsense. Any manufacturer building on Android was not doing so to become a lackey for Google services, plain and simple. Hence, Samsung and Amazon. The fact that those two companies are now dominating the distribution numbers for Android devices doesn't make Android less successful or endangered -- it only promotes it. And that's good for Google. Again, I doubt Google is thinking about Android along these lines. However, I'd sure like to be in the room to hear the Android team respond to this author.