That's what's been bothering me about this thread. Android vs. iPhone. Shdn't that be Android vs. IOS?
Apple's been concentrating on 1 phone brand that's grown from strength 2 strength. Google has been concentrating on the mobile OS (Android) whose exponential growth is truly amazing. Saying that FOSS doesn't scale well 4 biz may pop some navels, but if U think about it; Security: The repeated malware infiltrations in the pre-Android 2.1 market led 2 lots of leaked private data and so on. Google has had to curtail some freedoms. (insert anger bouts) Open Source: If U release all the code, then M$, Apple et. al. Just sneak a peek, do U one better (or jst copy & paste) and then force the world 2 pay. (Android swipe...) Profit: Devs, marketing guys, hardware and bandwidth costs a lot at Google's level. Some one has 2 pay for all that. Yes (approx.) 90% of Google's offerings is under the freemium model, but their time & investment has 2 be financially viable 4 continued biz & more free stuff. The 10% is leveraged 2 make a 'killing'. Patents: Either U hv the patents or U pay to use them. U might attempt 2 patent FOSS, but I'll leave that 2 ur imagination. Hardware: Either Google does its own phone hardware (like Apple) or it has 2 tight-mark hardware partners (HTC, Motorola...) set strict rules for use of Android (2 avoid fragmentation and related issues) again leading 2 loss of freedom & choice. It's a long list of options, but its interesting to see the way Google's played it out, balancing the zealot's vision of FOSS while keeping the utopic users of software continually engaged. FOSS: Freedom as in choice 2 tinker with what I want when I want 2... Francis, www.simusync.com GridWorX Ltd -----Original Message----- From: Tim Schofield <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected]: Mon, 1 Aug 2011 15:57:31 To: Uganda Linux User Group<[email protected]> Reply-To: Uganda Linux User Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [LUG] Android vs iPhone _______________________________________________ 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). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way. _______________________________________________ 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). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
