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Android OEMs should hear Microsoft, Nokia out on Google-Motorola combo (ars technica)Android OEMs should hear Microsoft, Nokia out on Google-Motorola combo (ars technica)Posted Aug 20, 2011 21:30 UTC (Sat) by HenrikH (guest, #31152)Parent article: Android OEMs should hear Microsoft, Nokia out on Google-Motorola combo (ars technica)
Isn't Android technically developed by the Open Handset Alliance which contains several manufacturers? If so whether Google owns Motorola or not should not have any impact towards the direction of Android since Motorola was already one of the foundation members anyways.
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Android OEMs should hear Microsoft, Nokia out on Google-Motorola combo (ars technica) Posted Aug 22, 2011 2:56 UTC (Mon) by steffen780 (guest, #68142) [Link]
This Open Handset Alliance stuff appears to be pure PR, just like the claim that Android is still open source. If and when Google actually delivers on its promises wrt open source we can start considering to believe their promises wrt Open Handset Alliance and Motorala. For now Android is proprietary (except the kernel), Google is a major mobile company with a massive patent portfolio, and I can see no logical grounds to think that Google will use these patents nicely.
Android OEMs should hear Microsoft, Nokia out on Google-Motorola combo (ars technica) Posted Aug 22, 2011 7:20 UTC (Mon) by dgm (subscriber, #49227) [Link]
That's sticking to the facts, yes, but I'm tempted to remark that Google has actually delivered quite often in the past. Can this count as "logical grounds"?
Android OEMs should hear Microsoft, Nokia out on Google-Motorola combo (ars technica) Posted Aug 24, 2011 20:55 UTC (Wed) by HenrikH (guest, #31152) [Link]
The question is of course wheather the alliance is PR due to Google forcing it this way or because the other members are sufficient in letting Google be the sole contributor.
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