http://elephantsquared.com/2009/09/30/open-android-alliance/ technology, gadgets and stuff that matter Fri, 02 Jul 2010 20:42:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://elephantsquared.com/2009/09/30/open-android-alliance/comment-page-1/#comment-30 greenman18523 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:10:06 +0000 http://elephantsquared.com/?p=611#comment-30 I guess it's hard for an open source project not to be completely open source. This is the next step towards the advance of Android, as more will contribute and probably cost will fall, since no royalties will have to be paid (if they are payed!). I guess it’s hard for an open source project not to be completely open source. This is the next step towards the advance of Android, as more will contribute and probably cost will fall, since no royalties will have to be paid (if they are payed!).

]]> http://elephantsquared.com/2009/09/30/open-android-alliance/comment-page-1/#comment-28 George T Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:04:32 +0000 http://elephantsquared.com/?p=611#comment-28 About 2 years ago (22 months or so) Open Handset Alliance announced Android, the world's first truly open and complete mobile platform. It's hard to believe that two years later, we re-consider how "truly open" mobile platform Android is. Although Google explained that Android is free for anyone but they kept some applications (like Gmail, Maps, etc.) closed to be able to make a profit licensing them to their partners, it is quite interesting to see how the open-source community finds ways to deal with these "problems". About 2 years ago (22 months or so) Open Handset Alliance announced Android, the world’s first truly open and complete mobile platform. It’s hard to believe that two years later, we re-consider how “truly open” mobile platform Android is. Although Google explained that Android is free for anyone but they kept some applications (like Gmail, Maps, etc.) closed to be able to make a profit licensing them to their partners, it is quite interesting to see how the open-source community finds ways to deal with these “problems”.

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