Android is not "based on the opensource model". Google simply wrapped the code in an open source license when they finally released it. If you can't replace the system on your G1, all the code in the world isn't going to do you a bit of good. There's no "Android platform community" outside of the Googleplex, and there's no big likelihood of their being one anytime soon.
There's something decidedly schizophrenic going on here. On the one hand, folks are clearly hoping that Android will receive something better than the "damning with faint praise" reception it's gotten so far. On the other hand, when someone points out a lack of basic services (video, MMS, proper email support, etc., etc...), then we fall back onto the "Well, _you_ fix it" model. Nobody (except a techno-geek) wants a beta cell phone. On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 7:26 AM, Brian Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-11-12 at 10:16 -0500, Disconnect wrote: > > That is fine for email (and I encourage people to help out, k-9 is a > > great project) but it doesn't address the failings of the "community > > will fix it" model. > > > > Then get an iPhone. I don't know why people keep up this thread. No > system is perfect. Android is based on the opensource model. This > model has its advantages and drawbacks, this is obvious when you look at > Linux vs. Windows. If you don't like this model then work on a phone > that has a model that you do like you have more options there than with > the opensource model. If you like the opensource model, then understand > its limitations and work with them, not try and tell us how this is all > wrong. > > BTW just because you disagree with a design decision, does not make it > wrong. > -- > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > Q: Why is top-posting a bad thing? > > Brian Beattie LFS12947 | "Honor isn't about making the right choices. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | It's about dealing with the consequences." > www.beattie-home.net | -- Midori Koto > > > > > -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
