Re: [The Java Posse] Facebook rumored to fork Android?

2010-09-22 Thread Miroslav Pokorny
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 7:24 AM, Robert Casto casto.rob...@gmail.comwrote: Well, I'm sure Google doesn't like their own stuff being used against them. They are trying to be too nice perhaps letting anyone fork the system. It is going to get very difficult to support all these devices and

Re: [The Java Posse] Facebook rumored to fork Android?

2010-09-22 Thread Cédric Beust ♔
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 5:21 AM, Miroslav Pokorny miroslav.poko...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 7:24 AM, Robert Casto casto.rob...@gmail.comwrote: Well, I'm sure Google doesn't like their own stuff being used against them. They are trying to be too nice perhaps letting anyone

Re: [The Java Posse] Facebook rumored to fork Android?

2010-09-22 Thread Miroslav Pokorny
Thanx for clarifying, either way niceness is not a correct reasoning either. The goal was to make Android ubiquitous and enable Internet connectivity and not licensing revenues. On 23/09/2010, at 2:26 AM, Cédric Beust ♔ ced...@beust.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 5:21 AM, Miroslav

Re: [The Java Posse] Facebook rumored to fork Android?

2010-09-22 Thread Cédric Beust ♔
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Miroslav Pokorny miroslav.poko...@gmail.com wrote: The goal was to make Android ubiquitous Right on, Android is after market share, just like everybody elsehttp://beust.com/weblog/2010/09/22/what-steve-jobs-really-wants/:-) -- Cédric -- You received this

Re: [The Java Posse] Facebook rumored to fork Android?

2010-09-22 Thread Fabrizio Giudici
On 9/22/10 17:49 , Cédric Beust ♔ wrote: On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 4:29 PM, Miroslav Pokorny miroslav.poko...@gmail.com mailto:miroslav.poko...@gmail.com wrote: The goal was to make Android ubiquitous Right on, Android is after market share, just like everybody else

Re: [The Java Posse] Facebook rumored to fork Android?

2010-09-21 Thread Fabrizio Giudici
On 9/20/10 16:24 , Cédric Beust ♔ wrote: 2010/9/20 Fabrizio Giudici fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it mailto:fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it On 9/20/10 13:53 , Cédric Beust ♔ wrote: There are already dozens of manufacturers/third parties/carriers that forked Android and

Re: [The Java Posse] Facebook rumored to fork Android?

2010-09-21 Thread Marcelo Fukushima
i think they could join OHA (which is not owned by google) and have a properly licensed android phone with market access and all its goodness as long as they obey the specs. And if they do that, i cant see how google could/would block them 2010/9/21 Fabrizio Giudici fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it

Re: [The Java Posse] Facebook rumored to fork Android?

2010-09-21 Thread Fabrizio Giudici
On 9/21/10 08:38 , Marcelo Fukushima wrote: i think they could join OHA (which is not owned by google) and have a properly licensed android phone with market access and all its goodness as long as they obey the specs. And if they do that, i cant see how google could/would block them The specs

Re: [The Java Posse] Facebook rumored to fork Android?

2010-09-21 Thread Cédric Beust ♔
On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Fabrizio Giudici fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it wrote: They already fragmented Java How so? -- Cédric -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups The Java Posse group. To post to this group, send email to

[The Java Posse] Facebook rumored to fork Android?

2010-09-20 Thread Fabrizio Giudici
http://www.dzone.com/links/r/will_google_sue_facebook_for_modifying_andriod_ju.html Another pile of shit coming? -- Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager Tidalwave s.a.s. - We make Java work. Everywhere. java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/people

Re: [The Java Posse] Facebook rumored to fork Android?

2010-09-20 Thread Robert Casto
Well, I'm sure Google doesn't like their own stuff being used against them. They are trying to be too nice perhaps letting anyone fork the system. It is going to get very difficult to support all these devices and developers may have to pick and choose if things go too far. 2010/9/20 Cédric

Re: [The Java Posse] Facebook rumored to fork Android?

2010-09-20 Thread Cédric Beust ♔
On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Robert Casto casto.rob...@gmail.comwrote: Well, I'm sure Google doesn't like their own stuff being used against them. Against them? Every time Android gets a new user, Google wins. -- Cédric -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: [The Java Posse] Facebook rumored to fork Android?

2010-09-20 Thread Robert Casto
I agree, but they might not see it that way. I'm wondering what will happen to all these users if Google looses against Oracle. There could be a whole lot of revenue out there for the getting if it goes Oracle's way. 2010/9/20 Cédric Beust ♔ ced...@beust.com On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 2:24 PM,

Re: [The Java Posse] Facebook rumored to fork Android?

2010-09-20 Thread Fabrizio Giudici
On 9/20/10 14:59 , Robert Casto wrote: I agree, but they might not see it that way. I'm wondering what will happen to all these users if Google looses against Oracle. There could be a whole lot of revenue out there for the getting if it goes Oracle's way. 2010/9/20 Cédric Beust ♔

Re: [The Java Posse] Facebook rumored to fork Android?

2010-09-20 Thread Fabrizio Giudici
On 9/20/10 13:53 , Cédric Beust ♔ wrote: There are already dozens of manufacturers/third parties/carriers that forked Android and shipped products with it without ever notifying Google about it. Android was designed to allow that, I don't understand where all the outrage about Facebook is

Re: [The Java Posse] Facebook rumored to fork Android?

2010-09-20 Thread Marcelo Fukushima
ive heard of the archos tablets http://www.archos.com/ and some chinese knock offs 2010/9/20 Fabrizio Giudici fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it On 9/20/10 13:53 , Cédric Beust ♔ wrote: There are already dozens of manufacturers/third parties/carriers that forked Android and shipped products with

Re: [The Java Posse] Facebook rumored to fork Android?

2010-09-20 Thread Cédric Beust ♔
2010/9/20 Fabrizio Giudici fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it On 9/20/10 13:53 , Cédric Beust ♔ wrote: There are already dozens of manufacturers/third parties/carriers that forked Android and shipped products with it without ever notifying Google about it. Android was designed to allow that, I

Re: [The Java Posse] Facebook rumored to fork Android?

2010-09-20 Thread Robert Casto
I'm with you guys about not wanting to develop toward yet another fork such as Facebook. I am interested though in the devices from Archos. They have a 2.4 model that is supposed to sell for under $100. The 3.2 model is selling for $150. I'm thinking about getting them for my kids. Great way for