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To: sylvester80 who wrote (3393)4/1/2011 5:36:10 PM
From: pyslent  Read Replies (5) of 32692
 
"For the Androids that 99% of all users currently use, it is FULLY OPEN...."

It's more like 99.9%, given the disasterous Xoom launch.

But even that might be an illusion. The source code might be available, but if OEMs can't do what they please with it, it's not de facto open. Your next post is yet another example of Google exerting control over their sheep.
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