Google's Android platform: not so open after all (ars technica)

Because I've talked with people involved with the Android program who promise it.  Also, yeah,
I think that going back on their word would be quite damaging for them.

The reason they're waiting for phones is this, they say: if they dumped the source code, they
would run the risk of some random manufacturer running out and doing a crappy, non-QA'ed
phone, and then the press would be all over what a disaster Android is (just like they jumped
on this story like a pack of wolves:-)