Good point Tim, Apple and M$ could just as easily build a device and put android on it as they could their own proprietary OS(s). I saw yesterday that M$ actually makes more money from Android sales than it does from windows phone sales. So i wonder why it hasnt been explored by the higher ups in Redmond.
i would love to see the day (and the reaction) If M$ came out with an android phone/device. Do you think google would allow it or find a way to block such a move out of spite? On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Tim Schofield <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Sanga M. Collins Network Engineering ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Google Voice: (954) 324-1365 E- fax: (435) 578 7411
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