Jane, quick before you are leaving... > I have been wanting to ask about Qi's stance on Android for > some time, and I don't intend to go off on a tangent, but it > seems like android is OK? A lot of people equate it with > Linux, is that a fair statment? From what I see, I tend not > to like it, but maybe it's just aversion to the unfamiliar.
Pros: *) tens of thousands of applications, free or proprietary *) lots of different hardware, and thus kernel drivers (though a lot of them are proprietary) *) Google invests > 10 million USD / month into improving the system Cons: *) many Google apps are not open source, and couldn't be bundled on Qi hardware devices (gmail, google earth, etc.). Actually I am not sure about the exact list. Does anybody know a good list? *) an exclusive club of licensees gets early access to the evolving codebase, by now the headstart may be 12-18 months. If you are outside of this club, you will trail the market. *) Android has very demanding hardware requirements, which I believe would be a big distraction (and end) of a copyleft hardware project like ours that struggles with basics of design, production and testing process, sourcing, etc. *) my latest status on the Linux kernel fork is that it is still unresolved, i.e. you cannot run Android on a kernel.org kernel. *) latest version is not open source at all anymore, supposedly this is to be corrected 'real soon now' *) codebase is non-copyleft, for what reason? Cheers, Wolfgang _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
