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See, NOW it makes sense...

See, NOW it makes sense...

Posted Feb 4, 2010 1:25 UTC (Thu) by Doogie (guest, #59626)
In reply to: See, NOW it makes sense... by Epicanis
Parent article: Greg Kroah-Hartman: Android and the Linux kernel community

I think you hit the nail on the head about the control issue. Two of the most critical components of Android (linux kernel, dalvik vm) are now effectively incompatible forks of the (currently) more common implementations of the original technologies. Once there are a couple of hundred million Android devices out there, who's to say that the Google controlled branch of the Linux kernel isn't the "standard" one and Torvalds' isn't the incompatible fork? Just sayin' :)


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