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It's funny that they don't talk about Danger a bit more. Anybody who ever worked in that environment can tell you that Android is pretty much just Danger v2, ev

It's funny that they don't talk about Danger a bit more. Anybody who ever worked in that environment can tell you that Android is pretty much just Danger v2, even the APIs were similar upon launch. (they have evolved quite a bit since then and veered off, but the first Android SDK was mighty familiar to anybody working on Danger stuff) It really seems like it was the blueprint of what Android became.

joeyspn 12y ago
Did you work with sidekick devices? I've just learned about them. I find interesting that they were manufactured by Sharp which back then was manufacturing also the Sharp Zaurus SL series (able to run several Linux flavours) I used to play a lot with those devices, we were an small but passionate community wanting to get a full Linux on mobile. I remember people running a full debian desktop distro in a Zaurus... crazy stuff for 2004. I've always wondered if Android had the same roots as OpenZaurus or similar mobile distros. It looks like Sharp is at least a common denominator... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_Zaurus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_Zaurus
- blinkingled 12y ago
  Early Zaurus owner - still have it lying around somewhere. I highly doubt the Zaurus OS had anything to do with Android - it used Qt toolkit IIRC.
  - digi_owl 12y ago
    The Zaurus devices are an odd duck. Sharp had their own OS that the devices shipped with in Japan, iirc. But for some reason they opted for putting a home grown Linux distro on them when offering them abroad. Not that they were easy to get in the first place...
101914 12y ago
Danger "v1" (hiptop) was NetBSD. True? Danger "v2" is Linux. True? Microsoft acquired Danger only to eliminate competition. True? I still remember their advert seeking NetBSD developers after the acquisition. I wonder if they ever found one who was interested?

joeyspn 12y ago

Did you work with sidekick devices? I've just learned about them. I find interesting that they were manufactured by Sharp which back then was manufacturing also the Sharp Zaurus SL series (able to run several Linux flavours) I used to play a lot with those devices, we were an small but passionate community wanting to get a full Linux on mobile. I remember people running a full debian desktop distro in a Zaurus... crazy stuff for 2004. I've always wondered if Android had the same roots as OpenZaurus or similar mobile distros. It looks like Sharp is at least a common denominator... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_Zaurus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharp_Zaurus

blinkingled 12y ago
Early Zaurus owner - still have it lying around somewhere. I highly doubt the Zaurus OS had anything to do with Android - it used Qt toolkit IIRC.
- digi_owl 12y ago
  The Zaurus devices are an odd duck. Sharp had their own OS that the devices shipped with in Japan, iirc. But for some reason they opted for putting a home grown Linux distro on them when offering them abroad. Not that they were easy to get in the first place...

101914 12y ago

Danger "v1" (hiptop) was NetBSD. True? Danger "v2" is Linux. True? Microsoft acquired Danger only to eliminate competition. True? I still remember their advert seeking NetBSD developers after the acquisition. I wonder if they ever found one who was interested?