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To: pyslent who wrote (3320)	3/31/2011 2:13:36 PM
From: iggyl	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 32692

>>Well that's not true. The difference is that Microsoft never pretended to be open. << Google did pretend to be open but that as almost everyone knew from the beginning was BS. We don't know what concessions Nokia received to customize their devices on MS's OS but it would appear they received some. I'll take Elsop at his word about having concerns where Android is headed. I guessing he felt more comfortable having some control with MS than Google/Android. It certainly seems Android has been getting considerably less open, not just for the purpose of avoiding fragmentation but also to protect Google business interests. I don't think this will have a happy ending for major OEMs who trusted Google. I guess they had no choice.

To: pyslent who wrote (3320)	3/31/2011 2:39:05 PM
From: sylvester80	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 32692

Eclair is open, Froyo is open, Gingerbread is open. And Honeycomb is open. Google just wants to fix certain areas of the Honeycomb API that they took some shortcuts on to get it out early. If Google was to release that out there it would end up being one giant mess of a nightmare to support and try and retain any sort of compatibility with future versions. As Google already said, they are trying to fix those areas and will release the open source when that is done (my guess is sometime in the summer as version 3.1). Even Google said as much. Anyone in the media who is trying to make a big deal out of this has their own agenda... and that's usually Apple's agenda.