Wow, I didn't know that. Google does contribute to various open source projects, but they sure as hell don't seem to drink the punch.
Thanks for the info, that completely defines my view of Android. And they use WINE to run android dev stuff on linux? My god - that beggars the imagination. - Rob Rahul Joshi wrote: > +1 > Just the kind of thing I want to hear. > > On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 9:41 PM, Robert Schuster <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Hi. > > thomasg schrieb: > > And for those who think android will bring hardware support for new > > devices to the FOSS-world: forget about it. > > Google doesn't care about open source if it's not used to save > costs. > > They didn't even release their own from-scratch-software as > opensource - > > hell, they use _wine_ to run it under linux. > > Android isn't about freedom. It's about saving license fees, nothing > > else (and they did some effort to make it as easy as possible > for closed > > source and vendors). > Thats it. > > Regards > Robert > > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org <mailto:community@lists.openmoko.org> > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
