Thanks David, your reply makes sense, however by basic question is still unanswered ;-)
On Aug 11, 12:26 am, David Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 8:50 PM, Riyaz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Google wants everyone to depend on them ???? > > Not really, otherwise there wouldn't be any reason to even try the > open-source thing. > > The reason why everything is not entirely developed in the open source tree > are multiple, but basically boil down to the fact that product development > has a much higher priority at the moment than building a strong and pure > open-source community for the platform. > > However, the latter is still a goal that we strive to achieve, and be sure > we will get there at some point. For example, the open-source donut branch > really reflect the state of our current sources, with a slight delay > compared to the internal tree. > > Also; I know a couple of manufacturers that are using the open-source > Cupcake > sources to build real products; so I disagree with Disconnect's assumption > that the open-source tree is "totally useless" :-). > > > > > On Aug 10, 9:10 pm, Disconnect <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Evidently it won't, thats why they decided to do occasional code dumps > > and > > > leave the open source project totally useless to developers. > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-platform/msg/7e9d83aa0b08cd39(and<http://groups.google.com/group/android-platform/msg/7e9d83aa0b08cd39%...> > > > associated thread) > > > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 5:55 AM, Riyaz <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > Just wanted to know of curiosity, > > > > > Why Google released Android as Open Source ? > > > > > or in other words How open sourcing Android will help Google? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
