There've been a number of stories over the past several days regarding Verizon's decision to become a member of the LiMo Foundation, most of them depicting it as a sign of trouble, ongoing, for Android. I found it quite interesting that the reasons Verizon gave echoed many of the criticisms that I've levelled against Android over the past several months (to Dan's apparent dismay.)
According to this story<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/15/verizon_embraces_linux/>in *The Register*, Verizon spokesperson Jeffrey Nelson said, We chose LiMo because it's a collaborative effort. It's not just one company runs the place. We like that. We like a collegial and collaborative effort, where there is no barrier to entry on the part of developers and, at the end of the day, there is no one entity that can say 'OK, here's how we were playing now. The rules are changed.' LiMo will be our preferred OS because of this openness. Nelson went on to say, "Google said 'Here's the plan. Sign on the dotted line if you support.' It may end up being collaborative. It may end up being collegial. But it need not be." Nope, that's not how open source development works. Not at all. Seems like I'm not the only one with this view. Do you want to "correct" me on this, Dan? -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
