Did Google Arm Its Own Enemies With Android? (HBR)

Posted Nov 18, 2010 18:13 UTC (Thu) by kov (subscriber, #7423)
Parent article: Did Google Arm Its Own Enemies With Android? (HBR)

I don't see why that surprises the author of the article. Google's built a tradition of keeping market share by rocking rather than locking in many of its products (although there are signs of change in some fronts), and, well, being able to customize stuff and select your provider is at the heart of Free Software/Open Source, so I'm pretty sure that was intentional, and a way to build trust for the platform.

Did Google Arm Its Own Enemies With Android? (HBR)

Posted Nov 25, 2010 21:01 UTC (Thu) by jospoortvliet (guest, #33164) [Link]

Indeed! Seriously, if someone doesn't want to use Google's search engine and other services - Google could simply lock them out of their android marketplace. Such a phone wouldn't be very interesting, wouldn't it? ;-)