Dan is right the author of that article is not actually aware of what he is talking about.
Google is not dumping Linux on any market. It's not Google's to dump or anything else. It is free software, if Apple wanted to they could use it in their phones as well. It really amazes me how these journos can right rubbish like this. On 4 Aug 2011 20:22, "sanga collins" <[email protected]> wrote: > Paul Thurrott: > > And I’d also point out that Google licenses Android for free. So by raising > the price of Android by imposing licensing fees on technologies Android is > in fact using, Apple, Microsoft, and others are arguably simply leveling the > playing field and taking away an artificial Android advantage, forcing the > OS to compete more fairly. Arguably, by “dumping” Android in the market at > no cost, Google—which has unlimited cash and can afford to do such a thing — > is behaving in an anticompetitive fashion. In fact, one could argue that > Google is using its dominance in search advertising to unfairly gain entry > into another market by giving that new product, Android, away for free. Does > this remind you of any famous antitrust case? > > > > -- > Sanga M. Collins > Network Engineering > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Google Voice: (954) 324-1365 > E- fax: (435) 578 7411
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