And yet overall the IOS user experience is, in my limited experience, better. This guy provides some additional insight: http://codingrelic.geekhold.com/2008/11/six-million-dollar-libc.html On Jul 29, 2011, at 07:33, Tim Schofield wrote:
> They didn't develop it from scratch, its derived from the BSD C > library. It has a much smaller footprint than the gnu library, and is > designed for cpu's that run at slower speeds, making it much better > for mobile devices than the GNU library that ios uses. > > > On 29 July 2011 12:27, Paul Bagyenda <[email protected]> wrote: >> I am duly educated again, for which I am grateful! Still, developing their >> own libc must surely have had to do with licensing? >> >> Since I do not own an iPhone or iPad I suppose I may escape the "fan boy" >> tag. Computers have to work well. And I suppose after a while one stops >> caring about the wars... >> >> On the server side, Linux forever. On the PC/laptop side, SJ wins (though >> I've seen Ubuntu installs lately that look and work pretty well). Android vs >> iPhone, the latter seems to me slightly ahead, but then the speed at which >> Android has improved is truly impressive. >> >> A Linux use since kernel version 0.9! >> >> >> On Jul 29, 2011, at 06:48, Tim Schofield wrote: >> >>> Yes but bionic libc is open source, which is not really lock down is it? >>> >>> What have all you apple fan boys got against Linux?? >>> >>> Come over to open source guys, once you've tried it you will never >>> want to go back :-) >>> >>> >>> >>> On 29 July 2011 11:42, Paul Bagyenda <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I had doubted you re GNU libc not being included in Android. But it >>>> appears you are right: http://thoth.eng.temple.edu/?p=139 >>>> That is a lot of work to do to avoid publishing the source code! Even >>>> famous-for-lock-down Apple includes GNU libc. >>>> >>>> P. >>>> >>>> On Jul 29, 2011, at 01:59, Dan Carpenter wrote: >>>> >>>>> Android only uses the Linux kernel. They threw out everything else >>>>> about linux, like the gnu C library and every linux program. They >>>>> wrote their own replacements for that which are licensed under the >>>>> Apache license. >>>>> >>>>> The Apache license doesn't require people to pass along the software. >>>>> >>>>> The most recent version of Android, Honeycomb, was announced in May >>>>> this year. It's not used on phones, only on tablets. Google is not >>>>> going to release the source for it. >>>>> >>>>> Google is going to release the source for the next version "Ice >>>>> Cream Sandwich" which merges the phone and the tablet software. It's >>>>> going to be released later this year. >>>>> >>>>> But for all the Android products, they do have to share the kernel >>>>> sourse. >>>>> >>>>> regards, >>>>> dan carpenter >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >>>>> >>>>> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>>>> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >>>>> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >>>>> >>>>> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >>>>> http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >>>>> >>>>> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >>>>> attachments if any). 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