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Google's iron grip on Android already loosened

Google's iron grip on Android already loosened

Posted Apr 1, 2011 5:28 UTC (Fri) by alison (✭ supporter ✭, #63752)
Parent article: How Amazon could loosen Google's iron grip on Android (ars technica)

Myriad and Iced Robot are going to loosen Google's grip on Android no matter how successful Amazon's Android market is. One approach is "cathedral" and one "bazaar": pick your poison. The Iced Robot project (best name and logo ever!) is especially significant since GOOG could try and stop Myriad with legal threats, but they dare not sue Debian. Were there never another Android code-drop, CyanogenMod could be the basis for a successful line of mobile devices. What's to stop Huawei or China Mobile from coming out with a CyanogenMod-based tablet? The Linaro is another well-funded, serious mobile Linux project.


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