On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 3:01 PM, jsdf <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > I've published an article that lays out a case for why I believe > Google will push to stop the Android juggernaut with Chrome OS, and > what will come from it. > > http://quitenoteworthy.blogspot.com/2010/08/google-hates-android.html > > I would love to hear your perspective.
"Android is almost fully open source, while Chrome OS's web underpinnings inherently make it closed source*" -- except, of course, that Google released Chrome OS as Chromium OS, under an open source license, over a year ago: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/releasing-chromium-os-open-source.html Heck, they even mention that on a page you link to: http://chrome.blogspot.com/2009/07/google-chrome-os-faq.html "The same (likely) can't be done to Chrome OS, because the guts of the operating system are loaded from Google's servers when you turn the machine on." -- except that they don't, and your link to supposed proof (the 2nd link shown above) says nothing of the sort. The only way your claim would make a lick of sense is if you define "the guts of the operating system" to be apps (e.g., GMail), and Google has also been moving to pull those apps out of Android and into the Android Market, for faster product release cycles. "Increasing the cycle length reduces the speed at which features and functionality will be built into Android, and allows its competitors to catch up or keep moving past Android's feature set." -- or, it might also be a response to the ever-popular whining about fragmentation. Google CEO Eric Schmidt recently indicated that Android is Google's direction for touch devices and Chrome OS is for keyboard-based devices: http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/15/eric-schmidt-chrome-os-aimed-at-keyboard-based-solutions-andro/ (where, it should be noted, that he reiterated that Chrome OS will be open source) -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android 2.2 Programming Books: http://commonsware.com/books -- 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.
