On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 1:18 AM, ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Cary Harper wrote: > > We applied several months ago and never heard back. I hope you have > better > > luck than we did. > > I've emailed a half dozen times now and have never had any kind of > response. We supply semiconductor IP that's used in lots of TI, Intel, > etc. devices so you'd have thought the OHA would welcome us with open > arms rather than the cold shoulder. > > If anyone knows of any other email contacts for the OHA or Google > people involved with Android, then please let me know.
There's little evidence, beyond the initial press release from last year, that the "Open Handset Alliance" even *exists.* The license agreement for the SDK isn't between you and the OHA, it's between you and Google. The domain "openhandsetalliance.org" isn't owned by the Open Handset Alliance, it's owned by Google. None of the code that's been released so far, what little there is, contains an "Open Handset Alliance" copyright; it's all been copyrighted by Google. I commented a day or two ago on the story in The Register where Sanjay Jha, COO of Qualcomm's chipset division, was quoted as saying that it was Google's goal to create fragmentation by introducing Android to ensure that only web-based applications (which Google specializes in, not mobile device operating systems) would be able to gain any sort of foothold in the global market. Dan Morill very quickly informed us that Mr. Jha "doesn't work for *Google", *and that his statement should therefore be treated as uninformed personal opinion. Seems odd to me, given that Qualcomm is certainly a member of the "Open Handset Alliance"; you think they'd be in a better position to know what the motivation behind Android was. Dan makes it sound as though no one outside of Google has anything to say regarding Android. Steve Ballmer said, early on, that Android was "just a press release". Clearly there's a bit more to it than that, but I'm coming to believe that the *Open Handset Alliance *may be "just a press release". -- 鏡石 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
